Lonesome Ghost of the Susquehanna

from Cardea by Bitter Whiskers

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Nothing to do
Put down all attempts to make something happen tonight
Can't stand to sit here anymore so I will come out
To the diner with you bring a book in case I'm late
and we'll convince ourselves we could leave this town tonight

Chasing moonlight
Down winding bends of Susquehanna sounds
Calling me from the hills and stranding me out here
Alone, high and lonesome on Wagoner's Gap, don't call
I'm dry like the ashes from my coffee cans
Lost cigarettes and unfiltered plans

Chasing the lonesome ghost down that same old pike
Drowning another jukebox, surrendering to the night
The same old herbs and powders just don't do the trick
Everything I have given up for want of wit
There's a guy in Philadelphia if you can drive us there
We can hide out at the basement show
Avoid the back alley stare
No matter where you go, this town will follow
To holy pink sky, give up until tomorrow

And I will come out to the diner with you
We can make our plans down by the peach orchard and devil's den
always have been haunted by the wounded past
we live and we cope with midnight drives to the battlefield
we'll make peace with all the ghosts we could not heal

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from Cardea, released November 5, 2018
written by James Todd, Emily Fear, Tessa Barber

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