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tumbleweed in a ghost town
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ralf is the brand name/logo of Australian singer/songwriter Ralph Tyrrell.
'ralf' is the brand name/logo of Australian singer/songwriter Ralph Tyrrell
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Rock
Charts
Peak #601
Peak in subgenre #95
Author
Ralph Tyrrell
Rights
VIDEOLA 2008
Uploaded
March 31, 2008
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MP3 4.4 MB • 128 kbps • 4:48
Story behind the song
worked on a tv doco once set in a mining ghost town in far north Queensland - the images stuck in my mind - i love the symbolism of being a tumbleweed in such a place after a love affair gone wrong
Lyrics
Tumbleweed In A Ghost Town Thunderheads rumblin' - lightning flash Dirty black cloud risin' - houses burnt to ash Grit is flyin' - stings my eyes Guess I'm headed where no buzzard flies Tumbleweed in a ghost town - rollin' 'round and 'round This ain't no place to dwell - can't seem to settle down Eerie light at midday - sky tinged sickly green She's shufflin' down main street her face a silent scream There’s gonna be a shootout and I'm the walkin' dead She left me in a dry gulch and crucified my head Tumbleweed in a ghost town - blowin' 'round and 'round Ring of spikey thorns gonna be my Judas crown There’s a smokey pall risin’ up into the sky Mote of blank despair evaporatin’ in my eye Broken up fragments of my desert memory But the blackcap gods hold sway on me Tumbleweed in a ghost town - driftin' 'round and 'round Don’t wanna fall down the well or I might jus’ drown See the vultures circle in anticipation Under an absence of precipitation No use in tryin’ to split the scene These birds are vigilant and really mean Tumbleweed in a ghost town - nowhere left to go The dogs keep on howlin' and the wind still blows
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