The Ghost of our Memory - Soul Blues Icon
The last train whistle blows
A lonesome weary sound
Just like my soul when it knows
You ain't nowhere around
This empty room's a prison cell
The walls are closing in
And I can't break this quiet hell
Where does my sorrow begin?
Every shadow on the floor
It looks a little like your face
And every breath I take
I'm just breathing in your space
Oh, the ghost of your memory
Walks these lonely halls
It knocks on every part of me
And answers every call
It sings the songs we used to sing
It dances in the rain
And all it does is sting
It's a beautiful kind of pain
The ghost of your memory
It's all that's left of you
And darling, a man can't be
A shadow through and through
I try to drown you in the whiskey
In every glass I poured
But your face just gets so misty
A memory I can't afford
To lose, but I can't hold on
Not to a loving past
'Cause every night is a broken dawn
A love that couldn't last
The scent of your perfume still lingers
On a pillow by my head
And I just lay here on these cold fingers
By the words we left unsaid
Oh, the ghost of your memory
Walks these lonely halls
It knocks on every part of me
And answers every call
It sings the songs we used to sing
It dances in the rain
And all it does is sting
It's a beautiful kind of pain
The ghost of your memory
It's all that's left of you
And darling, a man can't be
A shadow through and through
Some folks say time can heal a wound
And help a broken man
But they ain't never been consumed
By a love that's like a brand
Burnt deep into the soul
Where no doctor can attend
Just the ghost that takes its toll
Until the bitter end
That ghost
Yeah, the ghost of you
It's all I've got
It's all I've got