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Across This Ghost Town

from She's Automatic! by Cruzados

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ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
40 MILES FROM SUTTER’S MILL….THE ENGINE GAVE WAY
I THUMBED IN.. THE BLISTERING SUN, FOR THE REST OF THE DAY
WAY DOWN IN THE VALLEY, CROPS UP THIS OLD SALOON
FILLED WITH GHOSTS AND GAMBLERS FROM THE GOLD RUSH BOOM
CHORUS: AND THEY SAID, MISTER WON’T YOU STAY AWHILE
UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN
JUST UNTIL THE CHIMES RING OUT
ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
ALL ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
I HEARD ABOUT THE SAINTS AND THE SINNERS
TRYING TO STRIKE IT RICH LIVIN’ IN THE DEVIL’S PLAYGROUND
FOUND DEAD IN A DITCH
TONIGHT THE SOULS OF A THOUSAND MEN
THEY WEIGH HEAVY ON ME
THEY STRIPPED THE LIVES OF THE INNOCENTS
IN THE NAME OF PROSPERITY
CHORUS
AND THEY SAID, MISTER WON’T YOU STAY AWHILE
UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN
JUST UNTIL THE CHIMES RING OUT
ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
ALL ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
ALL ACROSS THIS GHOST TOWN
I LOOKED AROUND AT THE WORN FACES, WITH GOLD IN THEIR EYES
BROKEN MEN, BACK FROM THE DEAD, JUST BARELY ALIVE
THE GHOSTS AND GAMBLERS AND THE LIARS AND THIEVES
ALL LOOKING MY WAY
SO I FINISHED MY DRINK, STOOD UP TO LEAVE AND STARTED TO PRAY

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from She's Automatic!, released January 19, 2022

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