Grey Ghost

As the autumn wind whispers through the tall and lonely pines
 And the hour of fate is drawing close at hand
 Free bird falling from the sky
 Brings a bitter end to another southern man
 But there's a grey ghost runnin' through the night
 An echo of the sadness and the pain
 Grey ghost runnin' through the night
 The man is gone but his spirit will remain
 Fast like them, the music is just a thin disguise
 For the heartache and the fear of growin' old
 Without the one that means the most it makes you realize
 That you're the one that's left out in the cold
 There's a grey ghost runnin' through the night
 An echo of the sadness and the pain
 Grey ghost runnin' through the night
 The man is gone but his spirit will remain
 Dealer of death has dealt the losing hand
 And it's a cold fact the cards don't ever lie
 Through the fire dream of things to come is such a [unverified] pain
 When the memories are all that's left behind
 There's a grey ghost runnin' through the night
 An echo of the sadness and the pain
 Grey ghost runnin' through the night
 The man is gone but his spirit will remain