Ghost Town Lyrics - Singles - C.w. Mccall

(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis) 

[The sound of a lonely harmonica.] 

The dance hall is silent and empty 

The banjos don't play anymore 

The music is only a mem'ry 

And the dancing is dust on the floor 

Wild flowers cover the ground now 

The timbers are streaking with gray 

The palace is tumblin' down now 

And the dancers have all gone away 

[Chorus] 

Once there was singing 

And once there was song 

And once there was silver and gold (silver and gold) 

The tombstones are weathered and broken 

But the last signs of life are still here 

The labors of love have been stolen 

But the gold was the last souvenir 

[Chorus] 

Once there was laughter 

And once there was life 

And once there was silver and gold (silver and gold) 

The dance hall is silent and empty 

The banjos don't play anymore... 

[Fade out to the playing of "Oh, Susanna" on the banjo.]