[ti:Dark Southern Folk & Blues | Freight Yard Promises] [ar:GHOST OF THE SOUTH] [al:Long Way Home | Dark Southern Folk & Blues] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.32]Dark Southern Folk & Blues | Freight Yard Promises - GHOST OF THE SOUTH [00:02.12]Lyrics by:Andrew M [00:02.84]Composed by:Andrew M [00:13.76]The train clicks like a pocket watch counting on my sin [00:20.05]A lantern swings in the cold night air witness to where I've been [00:25.41]I held her hand I swore it true said I'd never let her (be) afraid [00:31.82]With the tracks are long and I lost my grip promises slip away [00:42.65]Freight Yard promises they rattle and they groan [00:48.60]The weight of what I said still cuts into the bone [00:54.46]I swore to build a future but the past is all I've known [01:01.39]Freight Yard promises they leave a man alone [01:13.70]I told my boy I teach him right how to stand how to fight [01:20.07]But I chase shadows lost today and he slipped in through the night [01:26.22]The iron hums of dirt tonight like it knows my every lie [01:32.66]A fresh start feels a world away beneath this aching sky [01:54.95]The gravel shifts beneath my boots each step a hollow sound [02:00.16]How many miles to redemption's door? [02:04.13]How long till I turn around? [02:09.39]Freight Yard promises they rattle and they groan [02:15.50]The weight of what I said still carves into the bone [02:21.62]I swore to build a future but the past is all I've known [02:28.28]Freight Yard promises they leave a man alone [02:37.79]The whistle blows like a broken bell warning I can't shake [02:43.19]Every oath I've failed on her it goes in its way [02:50.88]Woo woo woo woo