Whiskey Ghost

[Intro] (Instrumental: Sparse acoustic guitar, mournful harmonica, distant wind sound effect) [Verse 1] Wind whips 'cross the alkali plain Sign creaks lonely in the night rain Hear that sound, a phantom hoofbeat falls Echoin' down these empty halls Of the saloon where the lamps burn low Where the living drink and the d**d men go He walks the boards, a shape of smoke and dread Leather and lead, and a soul long d**d [Chorus] Oh, I'm the Whiskey Ghost, cursed to roam This dusty trail, this broken home Of a life I lost with a final breath In a gunman's dance, a dance with death Still feel the weight of the Colt I wear Underneath that pale moon's stare Forever drawn, forever fast Relivin' the moment that couldn't last [Verse 2] They say I drew first, or maybe last A shadow movin' way too fast Just a flash of fire beneath the moon A single shot, a ragged tune Played on the wind right over my grave Now I'm bound to the ground my b***d did pave Can taste the copper, smell the g*n smoke thick Drinkin' down rotgut rye that makes me sick But the thirst remains, just like the pain [Chorus] Oh, I'm the Whiskey Ghost, cursed to roam This dusty trail, this broken home Of a life I lost with a final breath In a gunman's dance, a dance with death Still feel the weight of the Colt I wear Underneath that pale moon's stare Forever drawn, forever fast Relivin' the moment that couldn't last [Bridge] Is there redemption for a soul like mine? Trapped 'tween the desert and the borderline Of the world I knew and this endless night? Pour me another, d***n the fright But the glass stays full, the liquor clear Just another ghost hauntin' the frontier A warning tale whispered on the breeze Rustlin' through the cottonwood trees [Chorus] Oh, I'm the Whiskey Ghost, cursed to roam This dusty trail, this broken home Of a life I lost with a final breath In a gunman's dance, a dance with death Still feel the weight of the Colt I wear Underneath that pale moon's stare Forever drawn, forever fast Relivin' the moment that couldn't last [Outro] (Instrumental: Acoustic guitar fades slowly, harmonica wail becomes wind, sound of spurs fades into silence)