Across This Ghost Town

[Verse 1]
Forty miles from Sutter's Mill, the engine gave way
I thumbed in the blistering sun for the rest of the day
Way down in the valley crops up this old saloon
Filled with ghosts and gamblers from the gold rush boom, and they say

[Pre-Chorus]
"Mister, won't you stay a while? Until the sun goes down
Just until the chimes ring out across this ghost town"

[Chorus]
All across this ghost town
Across this ghost town

[Verse 2]
Heard about the saints and the sinners tryna strike it rich
Livin' in the devil's playground, found dead in a ditch
Tonight the souls of a thousand men, they weigh heavy on me
They stripped the lives of thе innocent in the name of prospеrity, and they said

[Pre-Chorus]
"Mister, won't you stay a while? Until the sun goes down
Just until the chimes ring out across this ghost town"

[Chorus]
All across this ghost town
Across this ghost town
All across this ghost town
All across this ghost town

[Verse 3]
I looked around at the worn out faces with gold in their eyes
Broken men back from the dead, just barely alive
The ghosts and the gamblers and the liars and thieves all looking my way
So I finished my drink, stood up to leave and I started to pray, and they said

[Pre-Chorus]
"Mister, won't you stay a while? Until the sun goes down
Just until the chimes ring out across this ghost town"

[Chorus]
All across this ghost town
Across this ghost town
All across this ghost town
All across this ghost town

[Outro]
Oh, all across this ghost town
All across this ghost town
All across this ghost town
All across this ghost town