Ghost Town

Hard times, wages, gone with the ages See factory walls are crumbling, now all the coins missing from the fountain Old brick, old pine, hewed from trees from another time Used to hang out at the depot when they came in, Freight trains full of lumber from the mountain Now we’re living in a ghost town Now we’re living in a ghost town, see Now we’re living in a ghost town Now we’re living in a ghost town, see My dad, since 18, steel plant, near main street Savin’ money so he can ask the young waitress, the one with the red hair who's always anxious Clocked in, 4 kids, piled up on the horse hair mattress 30 years at the forgery working, got a notice that the factory was closing Now we’re living in a ghost town Now we’re living in a ghost town, see Now we’re living in a ghost town, see the money all but left now Now we’re living in a ghost town, see See see see… But i’m still here, most of us are There's no happiness here, except for the kind you can score Now folks my age dropping like flies Can’t stop once they get a hit of the good life Now we’re living in a ghost town Now we’re living in a ghost town, see Now we’re living in a ghost town, see the money all but left now Now we’re living in a ghost town, see Now we’re living in a ghost town, now we’re living in a ghost town, see Now we’re living in a ghost town, see Now we’re living in a ghost town, see the money all but left now Now we’re living in a ghost town, see See see see… --- Ghost Town - Dispatch