Lyrics

At eighteen it was girls and cars
Late nights and cheap guitars
An open sky and a long runway.
Late night, radios
Late night rock’n’roll shows
All we wanted was to learn to play.

Memories of a younger time
The dreams we left behind

(CHORUS:)
The ghosts of yesterday
The ghosts of yesterday

We started out on the music scene
Brilliant idiots with magic dreams
And every night every one came true
Bigger shows, bigger bars
Hit the road to become big stars
But the money was tight, we knew.

Whatever goes up must come down
You grow up fast when you hit the ground.

Hello ghosts of yesterday
Hello ghosts of yesterday

(instrumental)

I got a job, a sweet young wife
I got a house and a perfect life
I raised kids, and they were perfect too
I hid away my old guitar,
never showed my deepest scar
But I swore one day, again I’d play

to the Ghosts of yesterday
The ghosts of yesterday

My grandson plays the drums
I want to say “don’t go there, son”
But I take the guitar from my case.
I show him every scratch and scar,
Every place that it broke my heart
And then we sit down and start to play

to the Ghosts of yesterday (3x)

At eighteen it was girls and cars
Late nights and cheap guitars
An open sky and a long runway.