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Pale Green Ghosts Lyrics
back then i often found myself
driving on the road at night
and the radio was broadcasting the ocean
warm late spring wind whips through my hair
i am right here but i wanna be there
and no one in this world is gonna stop me
pale green ghosts at the end of may
soldiers of this black highway
helping me to know my place
pale green ghosts must take great care
release themselves into the air
reminding me that i must be aware
at twenty-five and thirty-six to boulder
i was getting warm but now i'm getting colder
and i stomp my feet, demanding like a child
i hope you get everything you wanted, boy
i hope you conquer the world and turn it into your toy
but don't come crying when you're forced to learn the truth
pale green ghosts at the end of may
soldiers of this black highway
helping me to know my place
pale green ghosts must take great care
release themselves into the air
reminding me that i must be aware
pale green ghosts at the end of may
soldiers of this black highway
helping me to know my place
pale green ghosts must take great care
release themselves into the air
reminding me that i must be aware
driving on the road at night
and the radio was broadcasting the ocean
warm late spring wind whips through my hair
i am right here but i wanna be there
and no one in this world is gonna stop me
soldiers of this black highway
helping me to know my place
pale green ghosts must take great care
release themselves into the air
reminding me that i must be aware
i was getting warm but now i'm getting colder
and i stomp my feet, demanding like a child
i hope you get everything you wanted, boy
i hope you conquer the world and turn it into your toy
but don't come crying when you're forced to learn the truth
soldiers of this black highway
helping me to know my place
pale green ghosts must take great care
release themselves into the air
reminding me that i must be aware
soldiers of this black highway
helping me to know my place
pale green ghosts must take great care
release themselves into the air
reminding me that i must be aware
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“I’d take the I-25, between Denver and Boulder, which was lined with all these Russian olive trees, which are the pale green ghosts of the title: they have this tiny leaves with silver on the back, which glow in the moonlight,” Grant explains. “The song is about wanting to get out of a small town, to go out into the world and become someone and made my mark.”
A song of journey, of process of leaving something behind and moving onto something new - the last verse suggests it's about leaving home or the idea of home.
The 'pale green ghosts' are the large green highway signs which stand as sentries along the road, chronicling what has come before and what is yet to come.