SAME OLD GHOST
Lyrics & music by Steve Haggard, published by Golden Harp Music, BMI. All Rights Reserved.
 
I've written a lot of songs over the years... but "Same Old Ghost" was/is different in many ways. I guess you could say that it wrote itself. For awhile, I wasn't really sure just where it was headed, and it didn't have a title. (I just referred to it as "my long, weird song".) I rarely write long songs, and I almost always know what I'm doing  when I sit down to write. "Ghost" is the exception that proves the rule.         Steve H.

1. I’ve been walkin’ down this road / since before this road was here
Driftin’ through this world / seems like a thousand years
But I’m never quite alone / no matter where I go
There’s some spirit walks beside me / what it is, I don’t know

2. Might be my guardian angel / or the Devil in disguise
I’d know in just a heartbeat / if I could look into its eyes
Or maybe it’s some lonesome soul / in need of a friend
But I sense we’ll be together / until my journey ends

chorus: Got that same old ghost / following me
It’s the kind you feel / but you never see
Could be a premonition / might be a memory
Got that same old ghost / following me

3. I’ve been lookin’ for true love / but I ain’t found it yet
Guess I’ve learned to live without it / much to my regret
Oh, I thought I had it one time / but you know, I was deceived
Her lies were things of beauty / so easy to believe

4. Well, you’ve never hit the bottom / until you’ve been betrayed
And you’ve watched her take a chainsaw / to the promises she made
Until the one you trusted / tears it all apart
You get one knife in the back, friends / and one knife in the heart

repeat chorus

5. Now I’m headin’ to the Gulf Coast / got some people there to see
Build a cabin out of moonlight / and live there rent-free
Gotta do a little thinkin’ / and turn my life around
Find myself a true companion / who’ll never let me down

6. ‘Cause there’s one thing I’ve been learnin’ / I deserve some happiness
And I swear I feel it comin’ / it’s about time, I guess
And this spirit here beside me / I bet he could use some, too
And I know if we keep walkin’ / our dreams just might come true

repeat chorus.
 
Same Old Ghost appears on the 
Steve Haggard CD, "Love Conquers All
Available on Wild Oats Records (OAT-715)