Track 5 from the album "Yesterday and the day before" by Roam Like Ghosts
lyrics
Ballad of a Friend
Did ever occur to you in the back of your mind?
If you don’t get out of this town, you’ll be left behind.
It’s like quicksand you don’t know where it ends.
The more you struggle, the more it pulls you in.
Your friends, they roam like ghosts throughout this place.
Even though they’re familiar, you can’t recognize the face.
Oh, I don’t know where to begin
This is the ballad of friend
Who sought hard to find a place
And though you’re gone, I still …
So you try to get through one day to the next.
Each one grows harder, god, just won’t let you rest.
The drinks pour and people laugh, it all seems so in vain.
Deep inside of you, you can’t erase the pain.
Your friends, they couldn’t see it, there was no trace.
Even though you’re gone, some days I can still see your face.
Oh, I don’t know where to begin
This is the ballad of friend
Who sought hard to find a place
And though you’re gone, I still…
I miss your laugh, man I miss your smile.
You could take a nothing day and make it all worthwhile.
You had your dreams, you could’ve made them all true
But one night you spread your wings and flew
Oh, this is where it ends
This was a ballad of friend
Who sought hard to find a place
And though you’re gone, I still…
Did ever occur to you in the back of your mind?
If you don’t get out of this town, you’ll be left behind.
credits
from Yesterday and the Day Before,
track released October 20, 2017
Mathew Daugherty - Vocals, Electronic Jaw Harp,
Bucky Fairfax - Guitars,
Jeremy Cartner - Bass
Justin Khoury - Piano
Recorded by Dick Hodgin @ Osceola Music Inc, Raleigh, NC
Produced & Mixed by Dick Hodgin, Bucky Fairfax & Mathew Daugherty
Mastered by Dick Hodgin
Roam Like Ghosts is an original acoustic duo of Mathew Daugherty on vocals and Bucky Fairfax on guitars. The group blends
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