Ghost in the Chrome

Intro They buried the driver. Nobody told the car.

Verse 1 Black paint, no plates, and it runs on cold Been dead ten winters but it won't stay towed You see them headlights but you hear no sound That's the last mistake a man ever found I ride the county line where the church bells rust Leavin' two tracks and a trail of dust They shot the man but the myth don't bleed Now the chrome does the drivin', and it don't need speed

Chorus There's a ghost in the chrome, ghost in the chrome Dead man ridin' and he won't stay down Them headlights comin' and they make no sound Ghost in the chrome — you best leave town

Verse 2 Preacher says a soul can't drive a machine Preacher never saw what these back roads seen I take the men who thought that death was the end And I show 'em it's a road, not a friend Reflection in the chrome ain't got no face Just a cold blue light and an empty space Where a good man used to sit and pray 'Fore the county made him this and drove him away

Chorus There's a ghost in the chrome, ghost in the chrome Dead man ridin' and he won't stay down Them headlights comin' and they make no sound Ghost in the chrome — you best leave town

Bridge You can outrun a man, you can outrun a gun You can't outrun a thing that's already done Check your mirror, boy — that glow you see? That's the chrome, and the chrome remembers me There's a ghost in the chrome, ghost in the chrome Dead man ridin' and he won't stay down Them headlights comin' and they make no sound Ghost in the chrome — you best leave town

Outro Keep your eyes on the mirror. I'm always in the mirror.

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