Graveyard Waltz
Unearth the Haunting Tale of Teenage Ghosts
Lyrics
I was walkin' real fast, I was too scared to run
I was walking quickly, feeling afraid to sprint
Past this lonesome graveyard where the highway meets the sun
Past a solitary graveyard situated where the road intersects with the sun
Well that old graveyard's been around since the civil war
This graveyard has existed since the time of the Civil War
I had a feelin' that I'd been here before
I had a sensation or impression of having been in this place previously
I heard a voice, it was talkin' real slow
I heard a voice speaking slowly
She said it's time to make a choice, is it yes or is it no
The voice presented a choice, asking whether to say "yes" or "no"
I said ok, do what you want to do
I agreed to let things proceed as the voice wished
Then she took me to a world I never knew
Then, I was taken to an unfamiliar world
Where we danced so close, we were teenage ghosts
We danced intimately, resembling youthful spirits
We were doin' that graveyard waltz
We engaged in a dance symbolic of the atmosphere in a graveyard
After all is said and done we were just too young
Ultimately, despite everything, we were too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz
To engage in the kind of dance that occurs in a graveyard
Next thing I knew the first dance was done
Soon after the initial dance ended
But this magic carpet ride had just begun
But this experience of enchantment had just commenced
Heaven only knows where she learned to drive
We don't know where she learned to maneuver in such a mystical way
Between the tombstones and the ones still left alive
Amidst the gravestones and those still living
And then that old soul band began to play
Then a vintage soul band started playing
In triple time, she was begging me to stay
In an accelerated rhythm, she pleaded for me to remain
And when the masquerade had started up again
As the festivities or pretense of a different reality began again
She said this is the night that never ends
She declared that this night would persist endlessly
Where we danced so close, we were teenage ghosts
We danced intimately, resembling youthful spirits
We were doin' that graveyard waltz
We engaged in a dance symbolic of the atmosphere in a graveyard
After all is said and done we were just too young
Ultimately, despite everything, we were too young
To be doin' that graveyard waltz
To engage in the kind of dance that occurs in a graveyard
I was walkin' real fast, I was too scared to run
I was walking quickly, feeling afraid to sprint
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