Blacktop Ghost Girls

I found your note by the sink

Coffee ring, torn at the seam

You left the door chain swinging

Like it knew you’d leave me mean

Bent blue spark in the corner

That old clock coughs out a grin

I keep your keys in the bowl still

Like you might come back again

And the floorboards call your name

Every step lands wrong

I can’t shake this frame

Been too still too long

Blacktop ghost signal

Come back, come back

Blacktop ghost signal

Pull me off the track

Blacktop ghost girl

I can’t let go

Blacktop ghost girl

You still run this show

My coat still smells like rain smoke

Your laugh in the hallway crack

I hit the chrome on the doorway

And the whole room talks right back

Your red scarf on the chairback

Your glass with the chipped rim

I swear the walls keep breathing

Every time the room goes dim

And the floorboards call your name

Every step lands wrong

I can’t shake this frame

Been too still too long

Blacktop ghost girl

Come back, come back

Blacktop ghost girl

Pull me off the track

Blacktop ghost girl

I can’t let go

Blacktop ghost girl

You still run this show

If you’re a shadow, say so

If you’re a wound, stay near

I’ve got this hinge in my heart now

Screaming every time you’re here

Blacktop ghost girls

Come back, come back

Blacktop ghost signal

Pull me off the track

Blacktop ghost girls..oh

I can’t let go

Blacktop ghost girls,....uh yeah

You still run this show