[Verse] The porch light flickers The wind hums low A rocking chair sways where no feet go The cedar smells like a memory lost I sit with the ghosts I count the cost [Chorus] I sit with the ghosts Their whispers stay Through the hollow nights and the breaking day Their hands don’t touch But their shadows play I sit with the ghosts And I fade away [Verse 2] The clock strikes twelve But the time don’t change A lonesome dog howls out on the range I hear your laugh in the cold Still air But turn around—there’s no one there [Chorus] I sit with the ghosts Their whispers stay Through the hollow nights and the breaking day Their hands don’t touch But their shadows play I sit with the ghosts And I fade away [Bridge] The moon She weeps And the stars don’t blink I pour a glass But I don’t drink The silence bites It’s a lover’s sting I sit with the ghosts Hear the songs they sing [Chorus] I sit with the ghosts Their whispers stay Through the hollow nights and the breaking day Their hands don’t touch But their shadows play I sit with the ghosts And I fade away
