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Rock N Roll Ghost Lyrics
Well you know
and you go
When I'm alone I have no cause
to think about the shit we used to know
Made of snow
Well you came
and you stayed
No one here to raise a toast
Be my guest and I will be a host
To a rock 'n' roll ghost
Well, you said,
"He's better off dead"
You think that I might have heard a word
but I was much too young
and much too cool for words
Look at me now
No one here to raise a toast
Take me by the hand, man, raise a toast
A rock 'n' roll ghost
To a rock 'n' roll ghost
We don't know until we're gone
There's no one here to raise a toast
I look into the mirror and I see
A rock 'n' roll ghost
A rock 'n' roll ghost
and you go
When I'm alone I have no cause
to think about the shit we used to know
Made of snow
and you stayed
No one here to raise a toast
Be my guest and I will be a host
To a rock 'n' roll ghost
Well, you said,
"He's better off dead"
You think that I might have heard a word
but I was much too young
and much too cool for words
Look at me now
Take me by the hand, man, raise a toast
A rock 'n' roll ghost
To a rock 'n' roll ghost
There's no one here to raise a toast
I look into the mirror and I see
A rock 'n' roll ghost
A rock 'n' roll ghost
Song Info
Submitted by
krushzed On Jan 10, 2002
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About Bob Stinson ? Made Paul look at himself as well ? About the Rock'n'roll lifestyle and how empty and alone leaves one at the end of the day ?
Haunting song for sure. I hear a lot of regret in Paul's voice. This song has to be referencing a number of things: Bob Stinson (who was not dead at that point but had been kicked out of the band a few years earlier), the wild but ultimately vacuous lifestyle that comes with being in a rock n roll band, and perhaps even regret about choosing rock n roll for one's livelihood.