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Mississippi Ghost Rag

from Ballad for the End Times by Apocalypse Five and Dime

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soft like a cat you cross my path
wearing that coat of white
without a beat and i’m on my feet
i’m ready to face the night

i wander down to the water looking for you
no one has seen you tonight, won’t you wait up for me?
ghost ships are swaying in the river they’re talking to me
go home while you can

i can’t forget the last time i saw you
the air was so hot that night
you appeared six feet off the pier
wearing a crown of light

if you knew how my heart was aching for you
you would come back to stay, won’t you say you love me?
what could i do? your eyes were so blue
the last time i saw you alive

it was this very day i saw you last
the same day every year
i’ve had enough, you know life can be tough
and death is always near

the water’s cold on my chest as i swim out for you
i’m gonna see you tonight, if you wait up for me
my body’s swaying in the river, it’s getting colder
i’m going home with you

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from Ballad for the End Times, released July 1, 2011

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Since 2009, Brooklyn's premier roots/bluegrass/punk/stomp six-piece. Squeezing dance grooves and heartbreak out of a banjo, ukulele, bass drum, tuba, fiddle, saxophone and four voices.

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