Ghost stories

Doctor, can't you see that I'm trying

the explanation just hasn't been found

doctor, no one knows when I'm frying

I slam the door when the feeling comes round and

every cloud has a silver lining

every down has an answer I know

but in my heart there's no light shining

just emptyness and faded glow

raining down on the side I'll never show



Doctor, it's the hardest season

I said wait for the down and let go

doctor, without the slightest reason

I've become a man that I don't want to know and

every cloud has a silver lining

every down has an answer I know

but in my heart there's no light shining

just emptyness and faded glow

raining down on the side I'll never show



yeah every cloud has a silver lining

every down has an answer I know

but in my heart there's no light shining

just emptyness and faded glow

raining down on the side I'll never show



Doctor, I believe that I heard 

calling down from beyond the flood

doctor, in my heart there was murder

there wasn't no body and there wasn't no glood and

every cloud has a silver lining

every down has an answer I know

but in my heart there's no light shining

that's a side I'll never show 

that's a side that I never, never, never, never show

These streets are paved with stories

of faded hopes and glories

no sleepless nights, no worries

hey baby what's your hurry

I'd like to get to know you

I've got some things to show you

let's take a walk to my old haunts



these dreams are best forgotten

passed on from ripe to rotten

bewildered and besotten

soaked up in balls of cotton

oh do not ask what is it

lets go and make our visit

let's take a walk to my old haunts



what do you do when your credit's shot

skip town until it's not

what do you do when you've passed your best

put a sherry on top and bury it to rest



these eyes are never focused

on all the dream that choke us

no tricks no hocus pocus

cleared out by wasps and locusts

we're on the road to ruin

there's nothing better doing

let's take a walk to my old haunts

walk



what do you do when your credit's shot

skip town until it's not

what do you do when you've passed your best

put a sherry on top and bury it to rest



these dreams are best forgotten

passed on from ripe to rotten

bewildered and besotten

soaked up in balls of cotton

oh do not ask what is it

lets go and make our visit

let's take a walk to my old haunts (3X)

Talking aloud in a motel room

but no one is listening

the bed is unmade and the curtains are drawn

and the wind is whistling

under cover the lover is waiting

but I can't turn away

I've been loving the sinner

and hating the sin

loving the sinner yeah



I know there's somewhere a man waits for her

in misery

and I can try all I want to

find the will

but there aint no sympathy, no

under cover the lover is crying

but I can't question why

I've been loving the sinner

and hating the sin

loving the sinner and hating the sin

hold me back until the trouble begins

loving the sinner and hating the sin



I know somewhere a man waits for her

wonder where she can be

and I tried so hard to find the will

but there ain't no sympathy, no

under cover the lover is laughing

just got me where she wants me now

I've been loving the sinner

and hating the sin

loving the sinner and hating the sin

hold me back until the trouble begins

I tried so hard and I don't want it to end

I tried so hard and I cant' let it go

I tried so hard and I cant' let it go

I can't let it go, I can't let it go

I tried so hard and I cant' let it go oh no

Would you like to see something I wrote ten years ago

would you like to go and meet a friend

that I used to know

oh let me take a walk where I used to live

there's no much else that I wanna give

that's all right, we can do whatever you please



would you like to take convictions 

over a cheap bottle of wine

you could tell me yours, not come up with mine

there's nothing you can do that I wouldn't allow

you could try to hurt me

but you wouldn't know how

that's all right we can do whatever you please



well I used to care, that was a long time ago

it used to bother me, it does not bother me anymore

oh, you're so strong and you believe

you can hold me close until you wanna leave

I don't mind we can do whatever you please

I don't mind we can do whatever you please

oh that's allright we can do whatever you please

Ch.:

Weathered and torn

weathered and torn

hey baby, I'm on the floor

my my, ripped and worn

it's down to me, I'm weathered and torn



she was a stranger, that didn't matter

I didn't need her, but I had to have her

send for a doctor, hit the press on the phone

she's gone, I'm weathered and torn



Ch.: weathered and torn...



I tried to phone her, the numbers been changed

and I tried to find her, I was so strange

will somebody please throw me a bone

cause I'm in the doghouse now

I'm weathered and torn



Ch.: weathered and torn...



oh I tried to phone her, the numbers been changed

and I tried to find her, I was so strange

will somebody please throw me a bone

cause I'm in the doghouse now

I'm weathered and torn



Ch.: weathered and torn...

There's just one kind favor I'll ask of you (3X)

you see that my grave is kept clean



there's two white horses following me (3X)

and they're waiting on my dying ground



did you ever hear that coughing sound (3)

means another poor boy is underground



and did you ever hear that churchbell toll (3X)

means another poor boy is dead and gone



when my heart stop beating, my hands turn cold (3X)

turn cold, cold, cold

my heart stop beating, my hands turn cold (3X)

now I believe what the bible told



There's just one last favor I'll ask of you (3X)

you see that my grave is kept clean (repeat x times)

Look at you, look at me

the look on every face I see

when we cease to believe

that love is all we need

lied to, cried to, I know you tried to

get terrified and ripped up inside

help me, help you, I'm here to tell you

don't give up it'll be all right



a promise is easy to make

a heart is so easy to break

but I have faith

after all we are all so very small

and the time that we have here

should not be spent in fear

it just get harder and you don't get smarter

everyday you just slid apart

it feels all right then it must be wrong

you're so afraid of the end

that you never start

a choice isn't easy to make

a heart is so easy to break

yeah but I have faith



I've been fooled, misused before

and not even known it

I've been scarred, I've been beaten down and never shown it

lied to, cried to, I know you tried to

get terrified and ripped up inside

help me, help you, I'm here to tell you

don't give up it'll be all right

a promise is easy to make

a heart is so easy to break

but I have faith

Tonight we define the sentence of time

gracefully part from the rest

you wear the things you wore in your dreams

the way they'll remember you best



no regrets, no remorse

no need to put up a fight

it's the last thing we'll do 

so make sure that we're doing it right

last exit please, the greatest of ease

seal it with a kiss

cause tonight, tonight we'll follow the light

to someplace better than this



look at the way the others have gone

dying and crawling alone

you swore you'd never end up like them

finding that you might be wrong



no regrets, no remorse

no need to put up a fight

it's the last thing we'll do 

so make sure that we're doing it right

last exit please, the greatest of ease

seal it with a kiss

cause tonight, tonight we'll follow the light

to someplace better than this

Close the curtains, pull the shades down low

turn around and slam the door when you go

cause I don't want you to see me

no I don't want you to see me

ain't been in movie and I'm searching for gold

I need a cover that will shelter my soul

cause I don't want you to see me

no I don't want you to see me

when I lie, when I lie

find the pieces that I lack

dressed in black



so you can stare in to the redheaded skies

lives there someone who desires to rise

cause I don't want you to see me

no I don't want you to see me

when I lie, when I lie

find the colors that I lack

dressed in black



and now it's so hard to be

trapped down in the night

I wanna lie everything back in southern light

(guitar)



and I don't want you to see me

no I don't want you to see me

when I lie, when I lie

find the pages that I lack



I don't want you to see me (4X)

I don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't (2X)

I don't want you to see me no no

I don't want you to see me like this

Skipped ahead to the end of the book

took a chance and took a look

sometimes we can sometimes worry

sometimes an answer isn't necessary

I'll see you when the curtain falls



in this town nothing is laid to rest

nothing wasted, nothing's second guessed

sometimes a fool rises

sometimes a good man falls

sometimes we don't pay attention at all

I'll see you when the curtain falls (2X)



there's a bad moon on the rise tonight

might be time to set the story right

we can crawl and we can creep

we make excuses till they let ourselves to speak

I'll see you when the curtain falls (4X)

(guitar)



and the audience has rushed the stage

but no one there to meet their rage

passed out drunk on cheap delights

to bored to scream and to tired to fight

I'll see you when the curtain falls (3X)