[Verse]
Woke up this mornin’, ashes cold in the tray
Walked past that café, same old corner booth, same
Woke up this mornin’, ashes cold in the tray
Sun hit that window just like it did back in May
[Verse]
Left your old jacket hangin’ on the back of a chair
Said you’d come back for it, Lord, it’s still hangin’ there
Seven years worn thin, threads all comin’ undone
Guess some things don’t leave just ’cause the leavin’s done
[Chorus]
I’m dancin’ with the ghost of a summer
Draggin’ my feet through the smoke of what was
Some love don’t leave you, baby, it just lingers
Like whiskey on my breath and a wound that won’t scab
I’m dancin’ with the ghost of a summer
And some ghosts, Lord, just won’t let go
[Verse]
Found your picture pressed down in a beat-up old book
That crooked little grin, that same old hungry look
I laughed ’til I couldn’t, then I sat down on the floor
‘Cause missin’ you still hits me like a fist through a door
[Bridge]
They say time heals it — time’s a liar and a thief
Just teaches you to carry a prettier kind of grief
Don’t want you back now, no, that river’s run dry
I just want one more midnight before this feeling dies
[Chorus]
I’m dancin’ with the ghost of a summer
Draggin’ my feet through the smoke of what was
Some love don’t leave you, it just lingers
Like whiskey on my breath and a wound that won’t scab
I’m dancin’ with the ghost of a summer…
Lord… some ghosts I don’t want to let go
[Outro]
Some ghosts I don’t want to let go
Lyrics Michael Forty
Voice Michael Forty