V1:

Woke up this morning

I was thirsty as the ground

Hungering for some something

I still ain’t never found

Just the weight of the wind

pushing steady at my back

heard the wheels hit the steel

And his train move down that track And the…

Chorus:

ghost of the brakeman sings a

Ghost of a song

Like the ghost of a memory

That always calls me home

There’s a ghost of the moon

Hanging heavy in the sky

I sing along with that brakeman

La-di-da-da-da

I’ll either ride til I’m free or I’ll ride until I die

V2:

Tecumseh to Tacoma

was a lonely stretch of road

With the sirens of the highway

Take everything they’re owed

The wilderness of wandering

The gold inside the light

The echoes of the thundering

That clouds my dreams at night As the…

V3:

Behind there lays shadowland

What’s up ahead’s a dream

Of mercy and forgiveness

From heaven’s faithful scheme

Sundown by snake river

I witnessed God’s face

from ripples to still waters

I’ll be gone without a trace As His…