[start] [Intro: Dusty acoustic guitar picking, soft harmonica drone] [Verse 1] Met him on a road where the dust hangs low, Smile of a man who’s lived too slow, Handshake firm, but the night grew cold, Stories whispered, never told. [Chorus] (Shadow voices) Pale blue overalls, Ghost in the daylight, answering the calls. Every mile marker whispers what I fear, Talking to a stranger who was never here. [Verse 2] Eyes like worn-out porcelain gray, Teeth ground down from yesterdays, He spoke of places I’d never seen, But his voice felt like a broken dream. [Chorus] (Shadow voices) Pale blue overalls, Ghost in the daylight, answering the calls. Every mile marker whispers what I fear, Talking to a stranger who was never here. [Bridge] [Instrumental bridge: mournful slide guitar solo, harmonica wails] [Chorus] (Shadow voices, layered) Pale blue overalls, Riding through the dark as the silence falls. The road remembers, even if I don’t, Driving with a ghost who will never go home. [Outro: Acoustic fades, faint harmonica echoes vanish in reverb] [end]
