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Leaving Cheyenne

from Quick Demo​.​.​. by Proof of Ghosts

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Steve - Voice, Acoustic Guitar

Julia - Ukulele

This song is based losely on an old cowboy ballad called "Leaving Cheyenne"

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Lay my old guitar out by
The whispering pine tree
Lay my old guitar out by
The whispering pine tree
Lower me down to my rest
And set my horses free

My foot is on the highway
And your tears they wash my hands
My foot is on the highway
And your tears they wash my hands
Goodbye my lonesome sweetheart
I'm leaving this here land

I'm going where the water's brown
But thirsty men don't mind
Where the water's cold and brown
But thirsty men won't mind
So sit here friend down in the mud
And bide our passing time

Sift the bottom of the stream
The little rocks and shells
Down the bottom of the stream
The little rocks and shells
They swim in underwater dreams
Where ghosts and memories dwell

So lay my old guitar out by
The road my lover's left on
Lay my old guitar out by
The road my lovers left on
And paint a sign to mark the spot
So other's feet won't stray on

Or follow if my ghostly form
Should beckon you to come
Don't follow if my ghostly form
Might beckon you to come
And join me in my wandering
And days far from the sun

This old circle of building
Is my true blood country's home
Ths old and crumbling town
My true blood country's home
Pulls hard upon my heartstrings
But darling I must roam

Into a clean and hungry land
So dark against the stars
Into a clean and hungry land
So dark against the stars
Where old stories walk among us
In our sleep and in the dark
Where old stories walk among us
In our sleep and in the dark

Lay my old guitar out by
The whispering pine tree
Lay my old guitar out by
The whispering pine tree
Lower me down to my rest
And set my horses free

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from Quick Demo​.​.​., released February 1, 2010

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Proof of Ghosts Toronto, Ontario

I'm riding away, picking up steam, moving along at my own special speed. There in the grass by the tall shady tree, watching life pass in the warm summer breeze. Maybe today the sun will shine down on me and my blues will fly away. So babe take my hand and ramble with me, I aint got no plans and I do as I please. Summer aint long but the summer is sweet and life may be ours for the moment at least ... more

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