Well, the streets are all crowded
Lots of people around
And there's music playing
But I can't hear a sound
Just the sound of the rain
Falling silently down
Livin' ain't been livin'
Since you put me down
Yeah, life goes on around me every day
But it might as well be
Half a million miles away
It's like a ghost town without your love
Like a ghost town without your love
Like a ghost town, baby, can't you see?
It's a ghost town, until you come back to me
Oo, oo, till you come back to me
Well, I wish I still had you
Had you here next to me
Baby, where did you go?
Baby, why did you leave?
Oh, the world, it keeps turnin'
But it don't turn for me
Without you in my life
My life ain't no place to be
There's only lonely days and empty nights
Ain't the same without you, baby
Nothing's feelin' right
Nothing?s feelin' right
It's like a ghost town without your love
Like a ghost town without your love
Like a ghost town, baby, can't you see?
It's a ghost town, until you come back to me
Oo oo, till you come back to me
Darlin', I wanna leave this town
Don't wanna be around
I'm gonna leave this town
It's like a ghost town
It?s like a ghost town without your love
Like a ghost town without your love
Like a ghost town, baby, can't you see?
A ghost town, until you come back to me
Oo oo, till you come back to me
It?s like a ghost town
It?s a ghost town
Hey hey, it?s like a ghost town, can?t you see?
It?s like a ghost town
'Til you come, till you come back to me
Come on let's go down
Everybody's waiting for us down at the ghost town
Bill Bailey said he'd be around
If Mrs. G. Robinson would just put that bad Havana down
Lovely Queen Anne Boleyn
Learning new tricks
From the Great Houdini
And that's the way she's gonna make it
Come on, come on let's go down
Everybody's waiting for us down at the boom town
O. Redding an' Washington
Chico an' Harpo an' Karl are in the kitchen with mum
Buster Keaton and King Tut
Are waiting for Disney to wake up
Now that's the way
This town is becoming like a ghost town...
[repeated several times]
In the firelight
Shinin' bright
Their faces worn and weathered
It's a hard life
An endless flight
From one night to another
Silver moonlight falls
Between grey walls
Through shutters old and weary
Broken window pane
Stands in vain
While night winds moan and whisper
And there's no lover
Whose heart burns
In this ghost town
Just the long shadows
That chase through this ghost town
Faded memories
Of used to be
Lie wasted and forgotten
Like a lost love
Who patiently waits
( Live Tricky & Terry Hall )
Tricky : This town is coming like a ghost town..
Terry : All the clubs have been closed down..
Tricky : This place is coming like a ghost town..
Terry : Bands won't play no more..
Tricky : Too much fighting on the dance floor.
Terry : Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town..
Tricky : We danced and sang and the music played in natty boom town.
Terry : Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
Tricky : This town is coming like a ghost town.
Terry : This town is coming like a ghost town.
Tricky : Why must the youth fight against itself?
Terry : This place is coming like a ghost town.
Tricky : Government leaving the youth on the shelf.
Terry : Can't go on no more...
Tricky : People getting angry. (x3 last two lines)
Terry :
Can't go on no more (x2)
sunday morning freak show someone forgot to pull the plug out on this place a long time ago the angels, the don't come around and the gods, they run like devils chasing secrets no one talks about down avenues of glitter lights and pain i've been looking for a place to leave my troubled thoughts behind but trouble's growing all around it's all i seem to find in this land of make believe toxic february breeze cemetery boulevards and neon signs that say you've come too far i don't want to be the one to say i know exactly what i'm headed for some things in life i think you shouldn't know if i'm on a one way street to nowhere at least i made it there to say i don't regret a single thing that i have done
The thing that makes me feel the most down,
Is the feeling that I'm living in a ghost town.
Barn door bangin' in my face,
Like tumbleweed,
I'm rolling 'round this place.
I see you arriving at the station,
But it's only my imagination.
So I'm begging on my knees,
Turn around,
And save me, baby, please.
From this ghost town,
I feel like giving in,
Since you left I'm living in,
An old ghost town.
Hey kid, I remember all the laughter,
Especially when we woke the morning after.
Why did you have to go away,
Leaving me to wander every day.
In this ghost town,
I feel like giving in,
Since you left I'm living in,
An old ghost town.
We were born to ride,
Side by side.
We are always reaching for the stars,
And they can still be ours.
(If you free me from this)
Ghost town,
I feel like giving in,
Since you left I'm living in,
An old ghost town.
I feel like giving in.
Since you left I'm living in,
An old ghost town.
I feel like giving in,
Since you left I'm living in,
An old ghost town.
Living in an old ghost town
Ghost Town
Cold Chisel
(Twentieth Century)
I've been forty days and forty nights
In television land
I'd kill myself with cigarettes
If I could find my hands
Livin' in a ghost town
Take this will and testament
And nail it to the wall
You know I spent my time here
Learning how to crawl
Livin' in a ghost town
And money don't buy water round
The ghost town
I've never found a border round
The ghost town
Whoever sets the weather
Oughta keep it pretty calm
Keep it fine and mild
Cause like a cheap alarm
I'm fuckin' wound
There's just a man on a bad street
Who cannot turn around
Or shout above the heat
Below the knees he's
Buried in the ground
Waking up in Sydney babylon
Is what it's all about
There's only one way in here
[The sound of a lonely harmonica.]
The dance hall is silent and empty
The banjos don't play anymore
The music is only a mem'ry
And the dancing is dust on the floor
Wild flowers cover the ground now
The timbers are streaking with gray
The palace is tumblin' down now
And the dancers have all gone away
[Chorus]
Once there was singing
And once there was song
And once there was silver and gold (silver and gold)
The tombstones are weathered and broken
But the last signs of life are still here
The labors of love have been stolen
But the gold was the last souvenir
[Chorus]
Once there was laughter
And once there was life
And once there was silver and gold (silver and gold)
The dance hall is silent and empty
The banjos don't play anymore...
I'm so fuckin' over this
My sins mean everything
Subconscious thoughts are what I need today
They said they're gonna get me
You ain't getting out alive
They said they're gonna kiss me
Right between the eyes
You gotta watch it, son
You better fuckin' pray
That Jesus Christ will save you
It's coming, Judgment Day
Leave it up to me
Just leave it up to me
If you leave it up me
I'll fuck it up
I'm so fuckin' over this
My sins mean everything
Subconscious thoughts are what I need today
Mother Mary, did you see?
Your son turned his back on me
Cause everything I do is killing me
You've gotta listen, baby
I don't think you understand
These men are serious
And they have dirty plans
I turn my back to them
And I looked them in the eye
And I said if I'm gonna die
You're coming by my side
Leave it up to me
Just leave it up to me
If you leave it up me
I'll fuck it up just like I always do
So I give up
I'm giving in
I get down on my knees
I'm nothing but a sinner
I can not stand
Waking up everyday
And staring up at a God
Who never stares back at me
I'll fuck it up
I'll fuck it up
I'm so fuckin' over this
My sins mean everything
Subconscious thoughts are what I need today
Mother Mary, did you see?
Your son turned his back on me
Out of my head things are going mad
So we cannot return into life
Out of myy mind all eyes are still blind
And the only impression is pale
We cannot realise the aim
Just did identify that
Thereç£ no one in ghost town
Nobody switched the light on
A black hole in ghost town
Just dark and cold rooms for to pray
Inside your bed the rats are still there
And the poison corroded the frame
Inside your mouth your tongue starts to shout
And it swallows the uncertain name
We do not realise the aim
No one did recognize that
Thereç£ no one in ghost twon
Nobody switched the light on
A black hole in ghost town
Just dark and cold rooms for to pray
We cannot realise the aim
Just did identify that
Thereç£ no one in ghost town
Nobody switched the light on
A black hole in ghost town
Just dark and cold rooms for to pray
A black hole in ghost town
oh oh oh oh oh (x2)
Everyone living in ghost town
everyone buried in waste land
we dont want to
we dont have to be like that
living in ghost town
all the boys shouting out loud now
all the girls screaming out louder
we dont want to
we dont have to live like that
oooooooh oooooohhhhhhhh
hold me back you know were never gonna back down
hold me back you know were never gonna back down
now! were dead in this ghost town
you better let go so let go let go of me
were dead in this ghost town
you better let go so let go let go of me
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh, let go let go of me
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh, let go let go of me
Everyone living in ghost town
everyone buried in waste land
we dont want to
we dont have to be like that
living in ghost town
all the boys shouting out loud now
all the girls screaming out louder
we dont want to
we dont have to live like that
oooooooh oooooohhhhhhhh
hold me back you know were never gonna back down
hold me back you know were never gonna back down
now! were dead in this ghost town
you better let go so let go let go of me
were dead in this ghost town
you better let go so let go let go of me
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh, let go let go of me
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh, let go let go of me
It's nearly over, the last train is near
And it's leaving behind those tears
These are the bad lands
The worst place to fear
Making place for the ones we left here
They're calling calling
To say goodbye
Now! Were dead in this ghost town
you better let go so let go let go of me
were dead in this ghost town
you better let go so let go let go of me
oh oh oh oh
oh oh oh oh oh let go let go of me
oh oh oh oh
I can't see the burned out night light
Her spirit calls from long ago, long ago
Something doesn't ring right
Must be my telephone
Breakin' in another morning
Shadows cold across the floor, across the floor
I miss you sweet magnolia
I missed your love and nothing more
It's like a Ghost Town when she's gone
City lights can't spark a flame
I'm not quite sure where I belong
Old love songs sure don't sound the same
I can't sleep, so I can't dream
Tumbleweed keeps rollin' on
Like a Ghost Town when she's gone
Stacked up papers
Empty bottle full of blues, full of blues
Oh, ain't nothing sacred
Nothing but the sight of you
Long gone feelings
Travel well down dusty roads, dusty roads
You give me one good reason
To think she's ever coming home
It's like a Ghost Town when she's gone
City lights can't spark a flame
I'm not quite sure where I belong
The old love songs sure don't sound the same
I can't sleep, so I can't dream
Tumbleweed keeps rollin' on
Like a Ghost Town when she's gone
Livin' in a Ghost Town
I'll cut out the broken hearts down union avenue
Let the streets run red with my revenge
You can't fake apologies for everything you do
You can't repay the price that's on your head
The price that's on your head
When the sky comes down
Over this ghost town
You'll be first against the wall
With our guns held high
In the dead of night
You'll be first against the wall
Come on, test me
You'll be first to take the fall
When the sky comes down
Over this ghost town
You'll be first against the wall
Scatter like the roach, like the insect that you are
Cowards always try to get away
No matter where you run, no matter where you hide
I will hunt you down you can't escape
You can't escape
When the sky comes down
Over this ghost town
You'll be first against the wall
With our guns held high
In the dead of night
You'll be first against the wall
Come on, test me
You'll be first to take the fall
When the sky comes down
Over this ghost town
You'll be first against the wall
Test me and you'll be shot down
Test me and you'll be shot down
Shot down
When the sky comes down
Over this ghost town
You'll be first against the wall
With our guns held high
In the dead of night
You'll be first against the wall
Come on, test me
You'll be first to take the fall
When the sky comes down
Over this ghost town
You'll be first against the wall
Light a match and burn this all down,
Suffocate the voices in doubt.
Nothing here is falling in place,
A map that points to all our mistakes.
Too much to handle, too much to take.
This is a ghost town.
Too far to go to get here,
too much of this sound.
And I need a light, I need to know when i can break out.
Tell me it's safe now.
Tell me it's safe now.
Spiders crawling down from the walls,
They might be listening to this call.
Are you even all that you say?
The chemicals, they make me this way.
Too much to handle, too much too late.
This is a ghost town.
Too far to go to get to here,
too much of this sound.
I need a sign, I need to know when i can break out.
Tell me it's safe now.
Tell me it's safe now.
When everybody acts like a game, Oh.
Are we really just filling space?
When all the pieces, they don't add up to none.
Too much to handle, much to take.
This is a ghost town.
Too far to go to get to here,
Too much of this sound.
I need a light, I need to know when i can break out.
Tell me it's safe now.
Tell me it's safe now.
Gotta get, gotta get out of here
Gotta get, gotta get out of here
Aint nothing left for me in this hotel
No dreams, no men, no money well
Gotta stop working in this hotel
Gotta stop working in this hotel
If I stay to long it will bring me down
God knows where Ill go but I wont be found
Chorus
Its a ghost town, ghost town
You gotta leave before the sun goes down
Its a ghost town, ghost town
You better leave before the sun goes down
Gotta get, gotta get movin on
Gotta get, gotta get movin on
Aint nothin new since Ive been young
And everyone knows everyone
Well I was dating Johnny Rye
Hes so loose he on the side
Well she was chasin Bobby Black
He kissed me behind her back
Chorus
Maybe Ill be back one day
When my hair is turning grey
Not for now Ill blow a kiss
I gotta get outa this
.
Chorus x2
The colour's drained away, all the streets are bleeding perfumes
And in the checkout lines a couple jilted teary bridegrooms
The lips all stretch and dance about
And talk of days and months spent lying about
I tried to walk to your house but my bones skipped out
Yeah, this is a ghost town
Every friday night another place 'round here goes up for sale
And the place where lovers met was quarantined after the fallout scare
We wave from cars like presidents
And the weeds crowed out the monuments
I can't wait until your letter's sent
Yeah, this is a ghost town
Maybe the ground opened up
And swallowed everyone up
It's just you and me so comfortably
The news out on the wire's of a cruise ship lost out at sea
The security guard slept as a bull ran through the gallery
Some take up residence in funeral homes
Some hang thier fuzzy dice in the catacombs
Alexander Graham Bell's crying on the telephone
[Verse 1]
This room is so cold
It feels like a ghost
Right here in my home
The dead will riot and they'll roam
Flipping off the lights, try to chase me out
Pulling at my hair just to hear a shout
I know you're here with me
You're not dead but you wish you could be
[Pre-Chorus]
In my bed with me inside your skin
I'm not giving in, I'm not giving in
[Chorus]
Watch the shutters
Watch 'em tremble now
In the silence
In the night spun out
And violently the ghost will roam
Always strung out, never alone
[Verse 2]
I wake up so scared
I know that you're there
A breath from your lungs
Froze my heart to life in fear
Static on the screen, try to reel me in
Mute the silent scream, anything to win
Cut a slit straight down my chest
Sink within, wear my ribs as a vest
[Pre-Chorus]
In my bed with you inside my skin
You're not giving in, you're not giving in
This town, is coming like a ghost town
All the clubs have been closed down
This place, is coming like a ghost town
Bands won't play no more
too much fighting on the dance floor
Do you remember the good old days
Before the ghost town?
We danced and sang,
And the music played inna de boomtown
This town, is coming like a ghost town
Why must the youth fight against themselves?
Government leaving the youth on the shelf
This place, is coming like a ghost town
No job to be found in this country
Can't go on no more
The people getting angry
This town, is coming like a ghost town
This town, is coming like a ghost town
This town, is coming like a ghost town
This town, is coming like a ghost town
Every time I look up at these pictures on the wall
I think I hear you callin' but there's no one there at all
All the rooms are empty, dusty echoes in the hall
It's all wrong, she's long gone
Like a ghost town
The cold wind blowin' down an empty street
Like a ghost town
Shadow of what used to be
All we were keeps on haunting me
Like a ghost town
This house was full of color now it looks all dark and grey
Where once was music a piano waits to play
Now I'll spend tomorrow in a town called yesterday
A desolate silence, deaths in the air
Surrounded by pain, a terrified stare
From the dark eyes of hell, a sky black and gray
No hope for life
No hope for today
This ghost town stands
Overwhelmed by decay
Suffering on poisoned ground
Suffering in this ghost town
Dark clouds from above, bring darkness and doom
Effortlessly shattering, what lies in its course
A deafening roar, it feels no remorse
No hope for life
No hope for today
This ghost town stands
Overwhelmed by decay
Suffering on poisoned ground
Suffering in this ghost town
Mother Earth has bestowed their fate
Mercilessly punishing those who desecrate
A lifetime of memories swept away in the dust
Dreams of the innocent lay in ruin and rust
An invisible hunter infecting the unknowing
Man planting seeds that the reaper is sowing
Sad eyes lock upon this town
As they dwell on unclean ground
Mountains of sorrow rising forth
Blood red tears pouring from its source
A shadow of its former self
Sitting at the mouth of hell
Empty roads leading to empty souls
The dark underground swallowing whole
Lives once so fertile now all but lost
No hope for life
No hope for today
This ghost town stands
Overwhelmed by decay
Suffering on poisoned ground
Throat is dry I’m feeling sick
The towns moving fast
I never feel like this
I use to be among the crowd
My friends around me
Now I'm feeling singled out
I’m feeling blue
Seems as if I never knew you
I’m stuck between walls
The heat takes a toll on me
Fair-weather friends
Are all that are left
I’m alone and my life here is dead
I need to get out of this town
Memories fade but the heart stays the same
The ghosts of the past will haunt
And now,
My heart takes the train
The coals help it to move along
Fast on tracks uncertain
Trying to find something new
But I burned all the bridges
And I’m about to crash and burn
My mind is always overreacting
It's hard to be completely there.
I only stare, and wonder why I am here
Now I’m to blind to see that
All I ever do is sit and watch tv
It seems that I’m losing my mind
Searching for the answers that are impossible to find
I’m getting nowhere in this slow town
Everyone around me has slowly moved on
I need to catch the early train wherever it may go
To search for answers which are impossible to find
Riding through this ghost town
Hope nobody shoots me down
Got a pay load running through
All this to find you
Paparazzi and the flashing lights
Looks like it's Britney Spears tonight
Baby, they're onto you
And I don't wanna lose you
Stars are falling and the hills are on fire
Vanity is a perpetual liar
I can see it in your eyes
And I don't wanna lose you
I don't wanna lose you
See the bandits dressed in black
They don't want me coming back
They wanna keep you to themselves
They almost have you, I can tell
Stars are falling and the hills are on fire
Vanity is a perpetual liar
I can see it in your eyes
And I don't wanna lose you
I don't wanna lose you
Come on, baby, let me throw you a line
Let's get outta here, we still got time
And I don't wanna lose you
I don't wanna lose you
Stars are falling and the hills are on fire
Vanity is a perpetual liar
I can see it in your eyes
I don't wanna lose you
I don't wanna lose you
Stars are falling and the hills are on fire
Vanity is a perpetual liar
I could see it in your eyes
And I don't wanna lose you
I don't wanna lose you
Come on, baby, let me throw you a line
Let's get outta here, we still got time
And I don't wanna lose you
I don't wanna lose you
Stars are falling and the hills are on fire
Vanity is a perpetual lie
I can see it in your eyes
And I don't wanna lose you
I've been driving in my car
Trying to find some sign of life
No on'e about and it's kinda creepy
It's an understatement to say it's sleepy
It's a ghost town where no one goes
It's a ghost town where no one goes
Well you think your town is pretty boring
Come and spend a day with me
I am asking real politely
I'm afraid to be alone
It's a ghost town where no one goes
It's a ghost town where no one goes
Apocalyptic, distressing, needs addressing and I'm guessing
Everybody likes to go... I know, I know, I know
It's a ghost town where no one goes
It's a ghost town where no one goes
It's a ghost town
No money, no fun, no bullets, no guns
No highways, no cars, no battles, no scars
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town
No robbers, no cops, no factories, no jobs
No groceries, no food, no music, no good
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town
And I don't wanna live in a ghost town
I don't wanna live in a ghost town
I don't want people standing all around
Yes, I do, me and you
Well, I don't wanna live in a ghost town
I don't wanna see all the buildings falling down
Distracted by the captain and a crew of 1000 clowns
They brought a foggy mystery into our dusty town
The baker's baking daggers for the headless Mister Caine.
And on the streets a marching band of corpse is on their way
This town's not safe no more
Everybody is gotta learn somehow
There is no plane yeah a car but no road
Everybody is gotta do the ghost now
Affected by the silence of a million panic screams
A monkey and a butcher play a magic tambourine
The shops are closed, the wind is old and everything's so quiet
From dusk till dawn from bone to bone the dark awakes at night
This town's not safe no more
Everybody is gotta learn somehow
There is no plane yeah a car but no road
Everybody is gotta do the ghost now