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All the Ghosts That Walk This Earth Lyrics by David Rovics

Songs For Mahmud

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I'll tell you what happened
I was walking downtown
Making something for May Day
Pounding the ground
Some kid pulled a trigger
And then I was dead
'Cause that's what happens
When a shotgun blows off your head
I was just 24
Much too young to die
My reason for living
I didn't know why
I had no time to show
What my life could be worth
Now i'm just another
Of all the ghosts that walk this earth
Yes, I wander the world
And I see all the others
The dead and forsaken
My sisters and brothers
All of us wondering
What are we doing here
Just stuck on this planet
Who knows how many years
In Auschwitz or Baghdad
It's always the same
Forgotten and restless
No one calling their name
I visit my old friends
They make love and give birth
While I'm just another
Of all the ghosts that walk this earth
And I wish I could show you
All the places I've been
Where the flowers grow wild
Where the napalm meets skin
I wish I could trade it
And be back in my life
Maybe we'd live in China
Maybe you'd be my wife
Maybe I would feel something
Not just angry and sad
Always just wishing
For the life that I had
But I just watch you and your lover
In such glorious mirth
For I'm just another
Of all the ghosts that walk this earth
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David Rovics

David Rovics

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