Gileah and The Ghost Train Lyrics

The Devil

when the devil comes

like a good angel

but with a loose tongue

i can’t save you now

when all your friends

leave you broken

leave you to your disease

i can’t save you then

when my heart breaks

from all your mistakes

the times are changing

i can’t save you now

i have longed for change

oh, to see you choose

oh, you can’t refuse

the Savior’s hand

i have prayed for change

oh, to see you choose

oh, you can’t refuse

the Savior’s hand

i only care for you

my dearest friend

The Emergency

wake up honey

there’s a fire in the hall

there’s an earthquake in the kitchen

there are lovers at the door

they are leaving little families

for a new life and new lust

and soon it will be old again

the fire turns to dust

oh God we’ve got an emergency

an emergency

oh God we’ve got an emergency

and it’s what i need

wake up honey

’cause it all was just a dream

the house is fine the kids the lawn

but what is just beneath?

a broken heart a shadow heart

a crisis you can’t see

i’ll tell you what you know it’s not

just us here underneath

it’s not all right that i’ve been sleeping

being fed thru an iv

while the righteous man is moving

cuz the fires at his feet

it’s not all right i’ve been avoiding

the empty faces around me

i know you depress yourselves

hell, you’re depressing me

The Escape

oh, i will be a memory when you read this line

i will be gone

it is my time

all of the stars are in a line

pointing the way from whence i came

i’ll be a whisper of a name

i’ll be a whisper of a flame

you’ve been like a lion

with your heels dug in the ground

and you could not save me

’cause you never came around

oh dear, there is no place i can go ’round here

i never feel whole but that’s what i know

maybe it ain’t so bad this year

i’m finding my way from whence i came

but the way home never looks the same

i heard some whispers on the way

such a fool to think i loved you

but not so fooled to stay

it is all for naught

babe, love is all for naught

The Lazarus

Jesus, you ain’t sleeping.

are you tired of the lies?

i’ve been running for my life.

i’ve been running for the prize.

(it’s all right, babe, because it’s all right.)

loving you is a coming to.

it’s a waking up

from a lonely sleep.

it’s a lazarus.

Jesus, you ain’t sleeping…you ain’t sleeping….

one day it’s gonna be all right.

The Light Princess

come and see where i’ve been

since i saw you last

you been hanging out in the big

city things go fast

there things go fast….fast

don’t look down

we’ll get this right

eventually we’ll make things right…

The Lion in Love

when’s it gonna break?

if we’re talking back and forth

it’s noise, for goodness sake

at least it keeps us warm

it all it all takes time

can we give it just tonight, maybe?

get ready for the climb

no one said that love was easy

and i don’t think that love is blind

finally

you’re out cold

talked yourself ’round and ’round

and me- i know

when to fold

even if you’re sad, least you’re safe and sound

every tear we cried

we bottle them up and send them to sea

spent the last lonely nights

staring down what we used to be

oh, what we used to be

The Satellite

oh, all of the noise

shut it out

be still, child

we can learn

what it is

that we lost

when we grew up

the sun dips down into the sea

i used to feel such magic things

from the satellite

the earth looks so bright

let’s make it shine…tonight

oh, don’t you give in

it might be war

but, babe, it could never end

darling, come on home

we can find

what the angels always know

the sun dips down into the sea

we used to feel such magic things

The Shadow

all i know is you make me hope

when the world is dark

outside my door

you could be just some lovely shadow

but you’re here with me

that’s all i need

we won’t be divided

history won’t write us

we won’t be divided

future love inside us

here’s what i want

just to be beside you

not to walk behind you

not to run ahead

here’s what i want

when you hear the trumpet

don’t you know it’s battle

and we can’t divide

The Slave

if the color’s in the music

the kisses are in the love

surely surely surely you’ll forgive me for giving it up

the hands are in the soil

the melody is in the mouth

everybody sing go down moses

to the deep south

swing down

everybody knows

bring it on and then swing down low

i’ll meet you at the river, babe

cause i don’t go much left to say

except for all this is a dirty trick

and bury me when the moon is lit

like a fire in the sky

let me see your eyes one last time

now turn around babe

and let me take what’s mine

The Spirit

you don’t need to prove yourself to me

i’ve seen all i need to believe

you called my name from beyond time

i gave to you all that was mine

and the spirit came down like a dove

at last my voice will be joined with a thousand others

one sweet chorus, all of us singing hallelujah

all my life i’ve been looking for the truth

sang the sweet old hymns but still a skeptic in the pew

then you called my name from beyond time

i gave to you all that was mine

and the spirit came down like a dove

oh God you came down like a dove

oh God you came down like a flame

the earth trembles at your name

oh God of all i see

oh God of me