Jag är född i en spökstad
där alla vet att jorden är platt
Jag växte upp i en spökstad
där torget blir ett slagfält varje natt

En dröm för dej, en dröm för oss som längtar
efter nån som håller om oss hårt
En lögn för mej, en lögn för oss som väntar
på svaret som ni aldrig kommer få
Tror du att kärlek är som sångerna vi hör?

Jag har sålt min själ till ett bolag
som aldrig kunnat skilja rätt från fel
Jag blev kär i en spökstad
du, du, du gör mej hel

En dröm för dej, en dröm för oss som längtar
efter nån som håller om oss hårt
En lögn för mej, en lögn för oss som väntar
på svaret som ni aldrig kommer få
Tror du att kärlek är som sångerna vi hör

som sångerna vi hör
som sångerna vi hör
som sångerna vi hör

En dröm för dej, en dröm för oss som längtar
efter nån som håller om oss hårt
En lögn för mej, en lögn för oss som väntar
på svaret som ni aldrig kommer få
Tror du att kärlek är som sångerna vi hör

som sångerna vi hör
som sångerna vi hör
som sångerna vi hör


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    "A dream for you, a dream for us who long for someone to hold us tightly A lie for me, a lie for us who wait for the answer we'll never get Do you think love is like the songs we hear?"

    A lovely song. I'm guessing the title ("Ghost Town") refers to the idea of a 'true love' that you'll never find. It's something he/we know is made up, yet it's not something he's/we're willing to give up hope on.

    alltaton July 30, 2006   Link

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