"The Roadside Ghost" by PS Perkins and R Thomas

Guitars, bass, vocals, synths: PS Perkins

Drums, percussion: R Thomas

Featuring Wendy DuMond aka "Bog Witch" aka @mamby-p on phantom background vocals

LYRICS:

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Out on the street, people you'll never meet

Struggling just to survive

You wouldn't want to be them, pretend you don't see them,

Just roll up your windows and drive

But the ghosts are not dead, and they're not in your head

They're just waiting right there to be seen

There's no way of knowing and the rowers keep rowing

Going somewhere that you've never been

Whoa, weary walkers, may I lighten your load?

The night is so long and you're hearing my song

As you sleep at the side of the road

Whoa, weary walkers! How may I lighten your load?

The days turn to ash with no cars whizzing past

Where only the strangers belong

The desert is wide, and then once you're inside

You are hypnotized by its song

With a guitar to strum, the ghost sticks out its thumb

But it no longer hopes for a ride

Just shuffles along to the beat of the song

To lie down by the river side, dreaming....

Whoa, weary walkers, may I lighten your load?

The night is so long and you're hearing my song

As you sleep at the side of the road

Whoa, weary walkers! How may I lighten your load?

With silence to ponder it's hard not to wander

Your mind becomes vacant and free

No matter the cost, all who wander are lost

Swallowed up by the sagebrush sea

Your forever host is the roadside ghost

And it's broadcasting now on the breeze

You'll see there's no choice, there is only the voice:

"Follow me, follow me, follow me....."

Singing

Whoa, weary walkers, may I lighten your load?

The night is so long and you're hearing my song

As you sleep at the side of the road

Whoa, weary walkers! How may I lighten your load?