I’ve been wearing the stain off the pews
a stiff neck and the God-sick blues
not a choir in sight, and I only know secular songs
Lord, if you’re gonna throw down a sign
take it from me, now’s probably the time
‘cause I’m getting so tired, I’ve been getting the silent treatment so long, I'm
lonely
I’ve been so lonely
so lonely without ‘ya
so lonely for so long
and the ghosts in the pipes back at home
they wake me up at night with their howlin’ and moanin'
they’re still knocking back the Jack that I poured down the drain last year
when Jenni left I didn’t have to ask why
when I got clean she’d found some other guy
and when I think of her with him, I think: “maybe I should start with a beer…"
lonely
I’ve been so lonely
so lonely without ‘ya
so lonely for so long
I pulled the phone book from off of the shelf
to hear anybody talk but myself
second time through, just keeps ringing, ever number I try
there’s only static on the TV
and the radio keeps hissing at me
is there anyone out there? ‘Cause I feel like the last man alive, oh I'm
lonely
I’ve been so lonely
so lonely without ‘ya
so lonely for so long
so lonely without ‘ya
so lonely for so long
so lonely without ‘ya
so lonely for so long
credits
from Ghosts in the Pipes,
released January 3, 2016
Jeff Giles: vocals, guitars
Brian MacMillan: bass
Will Armstrong: drums
Thom Hammerton: organ
produced by Jeff Giles
engineered, mixed & mastered by Andy Magoffin
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