The Hungry Ghost

Verse 1

Paper crowns on marble floors

Suits that never touch the weather

Numbers crawl across the walls like roaches

They sold the river to a friend

A handshake dog-eared in the dark

The whistle blows and someone's porch light goes out

Pre-Chorus

And I keep walking

Past the gates that bear their names

Past the neon signs that aren't my home

Chorus

Greed is a hungry ghost

Greed wears a tailored coat

Greed counts what it cannot hold

And still it wants more

Verse 2

My father's field is in a contract now

The fence line drawn in accountant's ink

Every harvest signed away in triplicate

I play my songs for pocket change

They play their games with other people's names

The ledger sleeps while the garden weeps

Pre-Chorus

And I keep walking

Past the towers that touch the fog

Past the lawyers and the golden dogs

Chorus

Greed is a hungry ghost

Greed wears a tailored coat

Greed counts what it cannot hold

And still it wants more

Bridge

Give me back the crooked road

Give me back the open sky

Give me back the simple debt

Of a handshake and a lie

Drop

Greed is a hungry ghost

Want it want it want it

Greed is a hungry ghost

Want it want it want it

Chorus

Greed is a hungry ghost

Greed wears a tailored coat

Greed counts what it cannot hold

And still it wants more

And still it wants more

And still it wants more