Ok, finally

[ericcoleman]

Ghosts is up on my MySpace page now ...

Comments

[starstraf.livejournal.com]

some of the lyrics take a few listenings - would be good if you filled out the "lyrics" link. But sounds good.

that right there....

[noise626.livejournal.com]

is a damn fine piece of work :)

[ericcoleman]

I'll put them up there tonight. I didn't have them at home, but I will send them home so I can

Re: that right there....

[ericcoleman]

Thank you so much.

Here they are

[ericcoleman]

Ghosts

The Smoke House boys are cooling down on the street tonight
in their best saturday night clothes
they were playing pool in the one place in town
where no decent woman would ever go

The county folk have all parked their cars
and on saturday night what they do for fun
sit out on the curb watch the town go by
The light shines through them because they're 20 years gone

And I'm walking through the ghost of this old town
It's saturday night, this street should be packed
not a live person can be found
And I'm walking down this street that's filled with ghosts
It's just a picture left over in my mind and somehow it's still home

And there's a ghost of a bridge over the river
and boards on the door of most everywhere else
Robertson Parris, where my grandma worked
there are no more clothes there on the shelf

The buses still run down to Charleston
but no one ever goes
The businesses here can never open again
cause there's a Wal-Mart down the road

CHORUS

My great uncle Tater's grocery store
was behind those boards over there
And the Roxy closed ten years ago
we got DVDs so we don't care

I take my Smoke House chili and a bottle of dew
and I eat while I watch TV
There's this little town that's 20 years gone
just the ghosts and me

CHORUS

Re: Here they are

[starstraf.livejournal.com]

Harsh critical part...
they lyrics are good and the tune is good but not sure they go together. And some confusion of where you are going with this, is it a political walmart protest song? - then needs to be a bit more angry sounding and clearer lyrics with a catching protest repeat. Or is it a sad remonissing of times past, then it needs to be more whistful.

Re: Here they are

[ericcoleman]

Very good points, but I don't really agree with them for various reasons ...

The song is a photograph. Not really wistful, because that past is not necessarily a nice place. The Walmart mention is a simple truth. It's not meant to be angry either.

I suppose what I am trying to do here is a report of what was there, nothing more. The lyrics are almost all from an email from my mom, and some thing we did when we were there for my grandmothers funeral.

The song has come together more in the last couple of weeks, I did this recording when the song was only a week or so old. I'll be interested in hearing what you say about the completed version, which will be on the new CD.

Re: Here they are

[starstraf.livejournal.com]

could also be the "Lawrence factor" since any song played here with walmar mentioned is a protest about the evil empire or such, so it clouds my impression of the song

Re: Here they are

[ericcoleman]

I was worried about that line. I don't like Walmart ... but that wasn't the point of the song. Walmart came into being in the area some years after the decline of the town.