Glad Nation's Death Song — Walkabouts, The

These are the ghosts that I half believed These are the ghosts that i half believed Guns & liquor & the carnival freak Guns & liquor & the carnival freak But then one day the whole world shook But then one day the whole world shook And I got arrested for stealin' a look And i got arrested for stealin' a look

And the glad nation's death song sings And the glad nation's death song sings And I wanna hear you sing And i wanna hear you sing And I wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing And i wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing

Well they dragged me down to the deptor's jail Well they dragged me down to the deptor's jail Where no one cried 'cause the drinks were free Where no one cried 'cause the drinks were free And there I met you, you were passin' the hat And there i met you, you were passin' the hat Sayin' give to the memory of a long gone dream Sayin' give to the memory of a long gone dream

And the glad nation's death song sings And the glad nation's death song sings And I wanna hear you sing And i wanna hear you sing And I wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing And i wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing

This is the sound of one hand clappin' This is the sound of one hand clappin' This is the sound of one man laughin' This is the sound of one man laughin' Sayin' we are lucky, yeah lucky is us Sayin' we are lucky, yeah lucky is us 'Cause behind these bars we've been stuck 'cause behind these bars we've been stuck

And the glad nation's death song sings And the glad nation's death song sings And I wanna hear you sing And i wanna hear you sing And I wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing And i wanna hear you . . . . hear you sing