[00:08.76]Ghosts of What We Were (Appalachian Folk Country) - GHOST OF THE SOUTH
[00:10.85]They paved the path with
[00:14.22]borrowed stones
[00:16.81]took the names we called
[00:19.67]left us unknown
[00:22.85]fences high
[00:25.49]where the wild once ran
[00:28.44]every acre sold
[00:31.68]hand by hand
[00:33.83]ghosts of what we were
[00:36.74]whisper in the wind
[00:40.41]unheard, a hollow echo
[00:43.32]faint and blurred
[00:44.45]we are the ghosts of what we were
[01:03.56]The river bends but
[01:06.57]never breaks
[01:09.39]it holds its line
[01:12.23]whatever it takes
[01:14.96]We were rivers once
[01:18.17]wide and free
[01:20.77]now dammed by walls
[01:23.69]we cannot see
[01:27.33]Did we trade too much for a fleeting dream?
[01:30.27]Do we still know what freedom means?
[01:37.87]ghosts of what we were
[01:40.75]whisper in the wind
[01:44.42]unheard, a hollow echo
[01:47.31]faint and blurred
[01:48.48]we are the ghosts of what we were
[02:02.59]The fields grew quiet
[02:05.46]the barns fell low
[02:08.65]stories buried where the tall grass grows
[02:14.77]no one taught the young how to stand
[02:20.50]when roots were cut from the land