Loudon Wainwright III – Ghost Blues (Ukulele)

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My Old dog misses me so

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To the beach or the dog park, he don t want to go

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No, he lies there waiting at the foot of my bed

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Because he knows I m right there even though I m dead

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You late husband, that would be me

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I ve been gone so long I m just a faint memory

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I ve been disparaged in passing by your friends late at night

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I blew out the candles on em, it served em right

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The day that I died, I knew I was toast

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Next day I was hanging out with Marley s ghost

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Help this father, he s a friend of mine

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That old Cain can t keep from crying

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At my memorial service there was quite a turnout

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Some stayed away, hey, what was that all about?

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Tell me, didn t she love me, didn t he care?

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Nobody saw me out I was right there (I was doing a head count)

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Now I m out of the picture, yeah, I m off of the hook

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Just a chuck of time, that was all that it took

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Was it a shot from a gun, a slip of a knife?

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I don t know what killed me, Lord, it might have been life

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I had a few children, wrote a few songs

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I got some of it right and a lot of it wrong

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I bought a few houses, a few boats, a few cars

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Being a ghost you might as well be on Mars

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Being a ghost is, you re just in between

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Each and every day of the year is Halloween, yeah

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You re hanging around but you re not really there

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You re hovering over your own old easy chair

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Lord, I was hoping for heaven, that would ve been swell

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Cause being a ghost, Lord, it s just like being in hell

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You re hungry and you re tired and you can t get no rest

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An though I d settle for heaven, oblivion would be best

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I ve been flying around rattling chains

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Appearing in mirrors just to make you insane

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Making those noises in your house late at night, yeah

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I got to haunt you even though it ain t right

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My Old dog misses me so

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To the beach or the dog park, he don t want to go

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No, he lies there waiting at the foot of my bed

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Because he knows I m right there even though I m dead . . .