I look to my side and you're still here
Like a ghost stuck in an old, worn house
I can't escape you, and you can't escape me
We're tied together like a sorrowful melody

I wish the scene had played out differently
That we weren't a sad song from a beautiful love
I still see you here, still feel you near
But we’re not really here, not together

Words can cut so deep
Even "I love you" hurts when it comes from you
I tried so many times to make it right
But wrong always felt so right to you

If I can’t forget you, then at least don’t scream
Haunt me gently in my dreams
I want to let you go, but I’m still afraid
So haunt me gently in my dreams

I know I sank so low with you
But I tried so hard to make it work
It wasn’t for lack of trying on my side
It was easy for you to stay,
But for me, it never felt right

I don’t want to hurt you, don’t want your hate
But the way you haunt me, it’s not been kind
Even in my sleep, you don’t let go
Even in my dreams, you still won’t go

If I can’t forget you, then at least don’t scream
Haunt me gently in my dreams
I want to let you go, but I’m still afraid
So haunt me gently in my dreams

Haunt me gently
Oh, oh, ohhhhh

Haunt Me Gently

I came of age
In a time of remarkable changes
I was educated
In the fine art of rhythm and blues
I was a rowdy young native son
Lookin for a stairway to heaven
I was wasted and strung out
Didn’t know what anything was all about

But I never let go
Of my rock n roll dreams
And the renegade romance I’m livin'
Never said no
To the honkytonk queens
And all the free love I’d been given
Singing
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na 
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
All night

I made my bones
At the wheel of a 58 Chevy
With a map of Louisiana
And a toxic blonde by my side
I had a one-way ticket
To a hole in the ground in the heartland
I was fed up, bummed out
Didn’t know what anything was all about

But I never let go
Of my rock n roll dreams
And the renegade romance I’m livin
Never said no
To the honkytonk queens
And all the free love I’d been given
Singing
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
All night

I fell to earth
In a blaze of pain and confusion
I was a wild-eyed wannabe
Working class hero cliché
Those days are gone
But the changes still play out inside me
I can stand up and can sing out
And it doesn’t really matter what it’s all about

I never let go
Of my rock n roll dreams
And the renegade romance I’m livin
Never said no
To the honkytonk queens
And all the free love I’d been given
Singing
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na

Rock n Roll Dreams

Bent but Not Broken

Didn't He Ramble

My Little Ruin

Fool

Dark Bird Is Home

Darkness of the Dream

Between Two Shores

Wheels on Fire

Setting Forth

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Too Many Birds

Years to Burn

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Setting Forth

Glen Hansard

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