From the recording Ghost Town
Lyrics
In an October rain I was soaked to the bone,
A cold wind cut through my coat
In a whispering wind I take a walk downtown
Past an old railway station down by the Cheat River that’s washed so many away
It was the flood of ’85 that took ten people’s lives
There’s a ghost in this town
There’s a ghost in this town
There’s a ghost in this town Ohhh
I’m standing on the corner of 12th street and Main down by the old funeral home
The puddles in the street they don’t reflect very much
Some roads head north to where the cold winds blow, through towns that echo the past
Some memories live on with no one around
There’s a ghost in this town
There’s a ghost in this town
There’s a ghost in this town Ohhh
The old people stay where they’ve lived all their lives, living on faith and belief
It was the restless and young that couldn’t hold on, so one by one they’d leave
I’m standing in the rain by the old railroad tracks, where trains used to run on time
But the progress of man they stripped all the land and took all the coal from these mines
There’s a ghost in this town
There’s a ghost in this town
There’s a ghost in this town Ohhh
Written by Daryl Jr. Cline
Copyright 2012