[Verse 1] The porch boards groan at dusk By the cypress and the cane Your boots were on the threshold Now they’re gone with the rain I found your name in the ash On a letter from last fall And the pines kept their secrets Like they knew it all [Pre-Chorus] Oh, the river runs black When the moon hangs low I hear your old truck humming Where the wild onions grow [Chorus] Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) They walk with me at night (They walk with me at night) Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) You left your shadow on my life And it won’t let go tonight [Verse 2] Grandma’s clock kept ticking In that house off County Road Your photo on the mantle With the corners turned and old There’s a rusted screen door moanin’ Every time the wind comes through And I swear the air still knows you When the kudzu turns to blue [Pre-Chorus] Oh, the river runs black When the moon hangs low I hear your old truck humming Where the wild onions grow [Chorus] Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) They walk with me at night (They walk with me at night) Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) You left your shadow on my life And it won’t let go tonight [Bridge] I stood out by the water With the storms lined up in steel Said your name to the dark Like a wound I couldn’t heal Then the slide cried out Like a prayer through the trees And I felt you breathe beside me In the grass and the breeze [Electric Guitar Solo] [Final Chorus] Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) They walk with me at night (They walk with me at night) Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) You left your shadow on my life And it won’t let go tonight Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) Still calling through the night (Still calling through the night) Ghosts of the Mississippi Pines (ghosts of the Mississippi Pines) I’ll carry you till morning In the heart of that old line
