My cover of The Low Anthem's cover of George Carter's 'Ghost Woman Blues'. This version was composed from memory because I don't have the album, just heard it a lot. So basically the lyrics might not all be right but, hey, it's folk music, right?

enjoy!

Ghost woman blues

you were watching life go by 
when you died
and for one brief moment opened up your eyes
because life will touch you 
even when you don't want it to

and nothing ever goes away
but everything will go away
and nothing ever goes away
but everything will go away

well we were drunk and 
lucid nights flew past us 
or we fell through them like pennies in the pond
but i can't deny this wall
i feel dividing me from

everything will go way
but nothing will goes  away
and everything will go away
but nothing will go away

if i told you that you have oh the prettiest eyes
would you feel like you need me?
cause then i'd wear a disguise
i don't wanna feel tied down
to the ocean floor no more
i wanna be free swimming on the waves of the deep blue sea

well i remember looking into your eyes
on an honest night we laughed and then we cried
and the saving grace was openness cause im not hiding 

no more
i never have to shut the door
i know the richest man is truly poor
and what you're running from you're headed for 

you were watching life go by 
when you died
and for one brief moment opened up your eyes
because life will touch you 
even when you don't want it to

and nothing ever goes away
but everything will go away
and nothing ever goes away
but everything will go away

if i told you that you have oh the prettiest eyes
would you feel like you need me?
cause then i'd wear a disguise
i don't wanna feel tied down
to the ocean floor no more
i wanna be free swimming on the waves of the deep blue
see my mind is a bubble of eternity 
less time is the only thing thats real to
me and mine is a struggle that i try to beat

Laugh and Cry (Live)

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