Topic: Lyrics to Sun Kil Moon's 'Ghosts of the Great Highway'
Glenn Tipton
Cassius Clay was hated more than Sonny Liston
Some like KK Downing more than Glenn Tipton
Some like Jim Nabors, some Bobby Vinton
I like 'em all
I put my feet up on the coffee table
I stay up late watching cable
I like old movies with Clarke Gable
Just like my dad does
Just like my dad did when he was home
Staying up late, staying up alone
Just like my dad did when he was thinking
Oh, how fast the years fly
I know an old woman ran a doughnut shop
She worked late serving cops
But then one morning, baby, her heart stopped
Place ain’t the same no more
Place ain’t the same no more
Not without my friend, Eleanor
Place ain’t the same no more
Man, how things change
I buried my first victim when I was nineteen
Went through her bedroom and the pockets of her jeans
And found her letters that said so many things
That really hurt me bad
I never breathed her name again
But I liked to dream about what could have been
I never heard her calls again
But I like to dream
Carry Me Ohio (the chorus has been confirmed by a forum member who talked to Mark at a recent show):
sorry that
i could never love you back
i could never care enough
in these last days
her tears fell
on her pages
found me well on her words
i don't know what to do or say
wading through
warm canals and pools clear blue
Tuscarawas flow into
the great lake
riding
back where the highway met dead tracks
ground and now cement and glass
so far away
heal her soul
and carry her my angel
ohio
green green youth
what about the sweetness we knew
what about what's good, what's true
from those days
can't count
to all the lovers i've burned through
so why do i still burn for you
i can't say
sorry that
i could never love you back
i could never care enough
in these last days
heal her soul
and carry her my angel
ohio
children blessed
gather round the home she rests
so poor and cold in their midwest
moon and sun
flashes bringing on
my open eyes to lightning storm
the touch of mist felt soft, felt warm
on my face
graving dreams
a million miles ago you seem
the star that i just don't see
anymore
words long gone
lost on journeys we walked on
lost her voice is heard along
the way
sorry for
never going by your door
never feeling love like that
anymore
heal her soul
and carry her angel
ohio
Pancho Villa / Salvadore Sanchez (both are identical save for a few words)
Salvador Sanchez
arrived and vanished
only 23 with so much speed
owning the highway
Mexico City
bred so many
but none quite like him
sweet warrior
pure magic matador
Pancho Villa
would never rest
until 1925
he closed his eyes
to [no clue on the rest of it]
(boxer name - sounds like Ghosts of the Phillipines)
the choirs and angels sing
Ukelele strings
play for his legend
Italy hurricane* [i don't think this is correct]
have they gone
Fell by leather
so alone,
but bound together
Benny "Kid" Paret
came a good way
climbed at gray sky
to raise his hands
stopped by the better man
(boxer name)
cry for suns
lost on distant shores
but first Jinorez (?) struck him
delivered him
have they gone
Fell by leather
so alone,
but bound together
Last Tide
Every bird fall weak on lifeless ground
Every eye swelled from tears ever clear
Every seed broken in Spring lived till Fall
All your babies be around to see them growing up
Will you be here with me my love
When the warm sun turns to ash
And the last tide disappear
All darkness near
I kept quiet so you'd think my heart was tough
I never showed you if I loved you enough
The dreams I had yeah I kept but I wouldn't dare
Share with you for fear of things still living in me
Will you be next to me my love
When the cold moon vanishes
And the last cries no yells
For it to hear
Floating
come to me my love
one more night come on
'cause i don't wanna be without
without you
in the air tonight so cold and strange
winter of loss when i have changed
and she is floating out too soon
so soon
in our room inside
with these ones i want to hide
and she is floating out too fast
too fast
come to me my love
one more night
come on
'cause i just wanna talk with you
again
come to me my love
one more night
come on
'cause i just want to hold you close
again
Gentle Moon
smile down on us sun, show your rays
when things come undone
all animals lead, us to light
when we can't see
stars, saturn and moon, glow for those
who cannot get through
rain fall and voice sound for those of whom
still are not found
gentle moon, find them soon
gentle moon, find them
black sky and black sea, lighten up
when we can't breathe
all dreams escape fire, over worlds
fly but won't tire
slow down on us wind, hold us still
when everything spins
all secrets and lies, let them out
dreams escape fire, they won't tire
dreams escape fire, they won't tire
gentle moon, find them soon
gentle moon, find them soon
all calendars pass, days die off
and hope cannot last
but if love was like stone, then yours was mine
through to my bones
but how can we give back to those
with whom we can't live
when will the flame break
and spare the good people it takes
souls escape fire, they rise higher
souls escape fire, they rise higher
gentle moon, find us soon
gentle moon, find us soon
Lily and Parrots
here she comes breakin through my window
in the early morning hours
for the moment, i am disrupted
but in time she'll make me smile
all the wonderous animals
roamin' round the earth
bring us songs of calm
they do no wrong
they do no wrong
you don't know just how much i miss you
yah my stomach aches in your absence
i don't know what i'd do without you
cause i'd have no one to follow
you are my love
i hold you above
everything and everyone
yeah everyone
everyone
hear outside all the kids are playin
they're my wake up call each day
look at them,
their little lives begining
i have watched them over years
blooming like sweet roses
dryin their wet noses
no thought of the cold
yeah i feel old
i feel old
yesterday we found a hidden passage
and i opened my sleepy eyes
through the trees parrots swept up past us
and the gardens there smelled good
all the pretty houses
decoratively coloured
tonight i want no other
than my own
than my own
Duk Koo Kim
looking out on my roof last night
woken up from a dream
i saw a typhoon coming in close
bringing the clouds down to the sea
making the world look gray and alone
taking all light from my view
keeping everyone in
and keeping me here with you
around you now, i can't sleep no more baby
around you still, don't want to leave yet
woken up from a dream last night
somewhere lost in war
i couldn't feel my feet or hands
i didn't feel right anymore
i knew there I'd die alone
with no one to reach to
but an angel came down
and brought me back to you
i'd rather leave this world forever baby
than let life go the way it's going
watching an old fight film last night
Ray Mancini vs. Duk Koo Kim
the boy from Seoul was hanging in good
but the pounding took to him
and there in the square he lay alone
without face without crown
and the angel who looked upon
never came down
you never know what day could pick you baby
out of the air, out of nowhere
come to me once more my love
show me love I've never known
sing to me once more my love
words from your younger years
sing to me once more my love
songs that i love to hear
birds gather 'round my window
fly with everything i love about the day
flowers, blue and gold and orange
rise with everything i love about the day
walk with me down these strange streets
how have we come to be here
so kind are all these people
how have we come to know them
