Ghost Town (Single Version [2021 Remaster]) - The Specials

I gotta get out of this ghost town I gotta move on, I gotta get going with my life 'Cause everything's haunted by your ghost now I gotta move on, I'm sick of this ghost town Ever since you left, I went ghost So alone, I been so a- Ever since you left, I been low Keepin' on the low, yeah, yeah I can't help but remember all the nights we wasted together 'Til your feelings changed like the weather You got a heart so cold like December, yeah LAX is calling me One-way flight to all my dreams Baby, if I don't hit the road I'ma drive myself crazy here alone I gotta get out of this ghost town I gotta move on, I gotta get going with my life 'Cause everything's haunted by your ghost now I gotta move on, I'm sick of this ghost town I gotta get out of this ghost town I gotta move on, I gotta get going with my life 'Cause everything's haunted by your ghost now I gotta move on, I'm sick of this ghost town, ghost town Sometimes I feel something like a (ghost) Touchdown in our city, like a (ghost) Fade right into the black like a ghost If I disappeared, would anybody know? And sometimes, I can feel you like a (ghost) Like you follow me everywhere I go (ghost) Call me crazy or insane, all I know is I feel you too close to let go So I gotta get out of this ghost town I gotta move on, I gotta get going with my life 'Cause everything's haunted by your ghost now I gotta move on, I'm sick of this ghost town, ghost town

Take a walk in a ghost town The sky is black as crows They don't make cars as they used to here Times they change The factories closed Take a ride on a ghost train Stare at the windows See time moves fast as a hurricane But it's so strange It feels so slow Well sometimes it gets so cold down here Where I swear it burns The wind like fire coming off of the Great Lakes Sometimes it gets so dark in here Hey I see it turn The emptiness that moves within my soul We on down in the ghost town (hey, hey, hey) See the crash in the rust See the ash in the dust Feel it slipping through your hands Falling on the shoes and the shoulders Of the ragged man You see the pride and the shame Like fire and the flame Well it burns through every mind And drops them like drunken soldiers On the riverbanks Well sometimes it gets so cold down here Yeah I swear it burns The wind like fire coming off of the Great Lakes Sometimes it gets so dark in here Where I see it turn The emptiness that moves within my soul We on down in a ghost town Yeah sometimes it gets so cold down here Hey I swear it burns The wind like fire coming off of the Great Lakes Sometimes it gets so dark in here Oh I see it turn The emptiness that moves within my soul We on down in the ghost town

Sky line dripping into the night Like ocean water muddied by the darkest of dyes So sick of this city's disguise It's glowing on the surface, but it's drowning in lies Is there a reason that I feel unalive When I look back on the home where I grew up and died Is there a reason that I'm wanting to hide When I look into the mirror just to see empty eyes Ah, Ghost Town's so loud, can't hear a sound If I fell from this place Would the world keep on turning as if nothing had changed? G-G-G-Ghost that tried living a tired life I'm haunted by the memories I buried inside Upside down falling into the night Will you tell me when I wake up if I'm dead or alive? The world tonight is just too cold I'm shaken with fear of letting go G-G-G-Ghost that tried living a tired life Just cover up your ears and sing it into the night Upside down falling into the light Will you tell me when I wake up was I ever alive?

Why did you try to hurt me? I got to know Did you really want to kill me Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Why do we have to fight? Why must we fight? I have to defend myself From attack last night I know I am black You know you are white I'm proud of my black skin And you are proud of your white, so Why did you try to hurt me? Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Did you really want to kill me Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why We don't need no British Movement Nor the Ku Klux Klan Nor the National Front It makes me an angry man I just want to live in peace Why can't you be the same? Why should I live in fear? This fussing and fighting's insane With a Nazi salute and a steel capped boot A Nazi salute and a steel capped boot You follow like sheep inna wolf clothes You follow like sheep inna wolf clothes We chase you out the dance hall, We chase you through the door We chase you out the dance hall, We chase you through the door Cos' we can't take no more of this at all Cos' we can't take no more of this at all With a Nazi salute and a steel capped boot Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why You follow like sheep inna wolf clothes Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why You're too scared to make a speech during the light Without a thousand police protecting your rights To threaten and abuse, incite or fight But who will protect me from you in the night? Why did you try to hurt me? Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why Did you really want to kill me Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why With a Nazi salute and a steel capped boot Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why You follow like sheep inna wolf clothes Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why

You're working at your leisure to learn the things you'll need The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D. I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me Working for the rat race You know you're wasting your time Working for the rat race You're no friend of mine You plan your conversation to impress the college bar Just talking about your Mother and Daddy's Jaguar Wear your political T-shirt and sacred college scarf Discussing the worlds situation but just for a laugh You'll be working for the rat race You know you're wasting your time Working for the rat race You're no friend of mine Working for the rat race You know you're wasting your time Working for the rat race You're no friend of mine Just working at your leisure to learn the things you don't need The promises you make tomorrow will carry no guarantee I've seen your qualifications, you've got a Ph.D. I've got one art O level, it did nothing for me Working for the rat race You know you're wasting your time You're working for the rat race You're no friend of mine