Angelina's just a ghost now...
Country, acoustic folk, folk-rock, indie pop.
One man band - a wide range of acoustic based country, pop and folk crossover music.
Story behind the song
Part of an eight song cycle telling the story of Danny and Angelina - this is song No. 6
Lyrics
Angelina
1.
I’m booted and I’m suited and I guess I’m ready to roll
I should be out there striding but I’m keeping to a stroll
Cos’ the mood that pressed and dressed me, has not reached my soul
Angelina, Angelina
2.
She’s taking me and making me, walk down to the bar
A lonely mile of dirt track, it seems a mile too far
She wouldn’t let me take the truck, ‘cos I refused the car
Angelina, Oh Angelina
Chorus:
Angelina’s walking with me, Angelina’s by my side
Angelina’s just a ghost now but she used to be my bride
3.
She’s teasing me and pleasing me, she tells me I look cool
Even though the both of us know I feel such a fool
But she needs me ‘out there’... I feel I’m back at school
Angelina, Angelina
4.
I’m thirty-four, just thirty-four, a widower and dad
And the sixteen years with Angie were the best I ever had
I just don’t want to be here but Angie says: ‘too bad’
Angelina, Oh Angelina
Chorus:
Angelina’s walking with me, Angelina’s by my side
Angelina’s just a ghost now but she used to be my bride
Bridge:
Angelina came to me in a wondrous, life-like dream
Her beauty was so hard and real I felt that I should scream
She said she’d found someone for me, the peaches to her cream
Angelina, Angelina
But Angelina’s looking hard and she’s made up her mind
There’s a dark haired girl somewhere, a girl she wants to find
Then a thumb runs up my spine
5.
So here we are inside the bar, I guess its pretty full
A real good mix of Friday-nighters dressed and on the pull
But there’s one dark haired girl my age pressed in cotton wool
Angelina, Oh Angelina
6.
I’m booted and I’m suited and I’m walking Sadie home
Her fingers tangle in my hair, followed by her comb
The way she looks inside me tells me that we will never roam
Angelina, Angelina?
Chorus:
Angelina’s walking with me, Angelina’s by my side
Angelina’s just a ghost now but she used to be my bride
Angelina’s just a ghost now but she used to be my bride
