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The Ghost of Paul Weaver

by Drift Mouth

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They say he lost his life Riding the rails Of a Norfolk and Southern train He's been a ghost in these hills Such a long time Everybody knows his name Down in the valley below He stayed alone most days And all night In the morel patch and crabapple grove It was a rare fine day That he'd stop by And visit with Eliza Jones Down in the valley below On restless nights On these bitter and winding roads Cut from the hills By the hands that cut our throats He walks the ages, and the stories they unfold Down in the valley below The men in town, they thought That Paul was weak They said that he was nervous and slow But when the Company came For their land rights He's the only man that said No Eliza came one night a'callin' And found herself a typewritten note Said "I'm lightin' out babe, I'll be gone and nobody will ever know, Down in the valley below" CHORUS Paul Weaver lost his life Tied to the rail Of a Norfolk and Southern train He's been a ghost in these hills Such a long time Nobody remembers his name
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I Suppose 04:30
Well I suppose, I suppose As the dark of the evening grows And a circle of light Passes by There ain't no more tomorrows To set right my yesterdays In the morning I'll be gone, I suppose I cannot recall Too much about that evening From hours drinking Crow in her favorite chair I walked the moonlight down To the old abandoned fairgrounds I lost her now but I know I met her there I laid out on the midway line Just staring at the treetops And the carvings in the old concession stand Back down the pathway in the darkness and confusion That's where I was found by Sheriff's men CHORUS She said she'd done this mountain town For far too long, it's over She left me low in all my misery Saw her hitch a ride out With a man from Massachusetts They say they found her body in the creek Well I can't prove a thing now And these men they aim to hang me 'Cause my darker side is the only one they seen But I laid down beside her And I woke in absolution Long before these walls imprisoned me CHORUS

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released January 29, 2016

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"Drift Mouth hits the sweet spot between the guitar crunch of Crazy Horse and Drive-By Truckers and the lyrical storytelling of the best hard country of Appalachia." - Mike Elliott, Americana UK

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