House Of Heroes - Ghost

house of heroes – ghost

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fell in love in high school
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with a brown haired , green eyed girl
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i walked her home most everyday
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held her hand , i held the world
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we made our plan to run away
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i couldn’t wait to share her life
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we started countin down the days
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she couldn’t wait to be my wife

i got a job and bought a car
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i turned 18 that spring
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by summer had my own place
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and i bought my baby’s ring
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fell in with the wrong crowd
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breakin laws , i broke her heart
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by autumn was in handcuffs
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baby’s cryin out in her front yard
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and that’s what hurt the most
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i saw it in her green eyes
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she had seen a ghost

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my mama saw me every week
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tried her hardest not to cry
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she told me that she loved me
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disappointment in her eyes
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i said , “mama , i love you too
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and i’m gonna make you proud one day”
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a month before i got out
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they told me mama passed away
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and that’s what hurt the most
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i saw it in her eyes , her son was a ghost
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i hate this life i chose
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long before she died her son was a ghost

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now i got my freedom
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but it feels like emptiness
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in front of the apartment
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where your sister says you live
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and there’s another man , who fills my empty shoes
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and darlin you don’t see me
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but you know that i see you , i drift off . . .

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i’m gonna fade away
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beyond the city lights
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i’m gonna fade away
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through the emty night
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i’m gonna fade away
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drifting out your life
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i wanna fade away
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through the empty night