Ghosts Of New Orleans

from The Clinic And The Sane by The Swear

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Ghosts of New Orleans

Verse 1
Somewhere down on Magazine Street
the starlight and the methadone leaves
your boyfriend’s got a plan to get us out of here
he’s got a rope and a six-pack of beer
I heard they keep the fire just two blocks away
but your words and your walk don’t equate
I had a lesson in gin at the Bayou Bar
now I’m killing off sparks I’m knifing the stars
for you for you
they know I’m through I’m through

Chorus
Kill ‘em off while they’re listening
another hour before we leave
there’s no use in breaking my heart
when you can barely breathe
kill ‘em off while they’re haunting
the river floods to your knees
I got a thing for a boy unchristened
I don’t think you believe

Verse 2
It’s like I’m looking at a teenage me
in the halls at St Francisville
you can drive on by with a smile on your face
say it’s all gone against your will
I heard they keep your lies by an old oak tree
where the reverend and the new city meet
burning down the pages of a first real love
so you keep getting closer to me
it’s all the same
when you cover a flame

Bridge
No one ever lives forever

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from The Clinic And The Sane, released July 17, 2020
Elizabeth Elkins and Kevin Williams

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The Swear Atlanta, Georgia

THE CLINIC AND THE SANE is a defiant return to lead singer/guitarist Elizabeth Elkins' punk rock past inspired by five years of writing country music and playing by Music Row's rules. Rhythm section Kevin Williams (bass) and Kent Aberle (drums) snarl and twist through songs that can only be described as the New York Dolls on an all-night Leonard Cohen bender, with hints of Hum and the Damned. ... more

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