Hunting Ghosts on Empty Roads

Instrumental Intro

Verse 1

Rust on the fence post

Three miles past the county line

Your jacket's still hanging there

Smells like cedar and old pine

I drive slow through the cut fields

Where the coyotes call alone

Every mile marker feels

Like a stone I should've thrown

Pre-Chorus

Nobody waves out here

Nobody knows my name

The radio plays to the dashboard

And I listen all the same

Chorus

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Where the wind keeps what it stole

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Talking to a telephone pole

You ain't coming back

But I keep the wheel turned home

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Verse 2

Mama said to let it rest

Said the pasture heals in time

But the barbed wire in my chest

Keeps a tune that ain't quite mine

I left the porch light burning

Left the screen door on the latch

Some nights I hear it turning

And I swear I hear you laugh

Pre-Chorus

Nobody waves out here

Nobody knows my name

The radio plays to the dashboard

And I listen all the same

Chorus

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Where the wind keeps what it stole

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Talking to a telephone pole

You ain't coming back

But I keep the wheel turned home

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Bridge

I buried your letters by the water tank

I burned your picture in a coffee can

I said your name till the syllables broke

Then I said it again

Then I said it again

Chorus

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Where the wind keeps what it stole

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Talking to a telephone pole

You ain't coming back

But I keep the wheel turned home

I'm hunting ghosts on empty roads

Post-Chorus

Oh-oh

Oh-oh

Outro

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