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  1. Ghost Town

From the recording The Handsome Years

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Lyrics

The parking meters in the town I'm from
haven't raised their rates since '72
at nine o'clock all the lights go out
and the world spins round
what a lovely view

The locals drive trucks
and the poets all stick to themselves
the mood never swings
we're all figurines on a shelf

The chalk on the board had turned to dust
by the time I got it through my head
the neon at the local bar
flickered once and then went dead

The guy on the tube
was pleading for his life
kicking and screaming
they dragged him out into the night

And the rain came down
in that old ghost town

Otherwise know as the Hobo King
I fell in with a crowd that was rarely seen
at the dance or the hop or the rodeo
or the church or the lodge
or the putting green

You change the channel once
and sit back with some chips on the couch
the guy on the tube was pleading
to get out

And the rain came down
in that old ghost town

The traffic lights on the road out of town
were all screaming green
on the night I left
the old guy working the counter at Joe's
just tipped his hat when I rolled past

I sent a letter once
but I guess it never quite got through
it must've got lost
or just had better things to do

And the rain came down
in that old ghost town