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The Rolling Stones released a new song that was partially recorded while the band was in
isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, the band originally intended it to be part of an upcoming album, but decided it was an appropriate track to release during the
COVID-19 pandemic as everyone is stuck inside and the streets in some parts of the world
look like a literal ghost town
Mick Jagger said the band were “recording some new material before the lockdown and
there was one song we thought would resonate through the times that we’re living in right
now. We’ve worked on it in isolation. And here it is.”
I'M A GHOST
LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
I'M A GHOST
LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
YOU CAN LOOK FOR ME
BUT I CAN’T BE FOUND
YOU CAN SEARCH FOR ME
I HAD TO GO UNDERGROUND
LIFE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
THEN WE ALL GOT LOCKED DOWN
FEEL A LIKE GHOST
LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
ONCE THIS PLACE WAS HUMMING
AND THE AIR WAS FULL OF DRUMMING
THE SOUNDS OF CYMBALS CRASHING
GLASSES WERE ALL SMASHING
TRUMPETS WERE ALL SCREAMING
SAXOPHONES WERE BLARING
NOBODY WAS CARING
IF IT'S DAY OR NIGHT
I'M A GHOST LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
I'M GOING NOWHERE
SHUT UP ALL ALONE
SO MUCH TIME TO LOSE
JUST STARING AT MY PHONE
EVERY NIGHT I AM DREAMING
THAT YOU'LL COME AND CREEP IN MY BED
PLEASE LET THIS BE OVER
NOT STUCK IN A WORLD WITHOUT END
PREACHERS WERE ALL PREACHING
CHARITIES BESEECHING
POLITITIANS DEALING
THIEVES WERE HAPPY STEALING
WIDOWS WERE ALL WEEPING
THERES NO BEDS FOR US TO SLEEP IN
ALWAYS HAD THE FEELING
IT WOULD ALL COME TUMBLING DOWN
I’M A GHOST
LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
YOU CAN LOOK FOR ME
BUT I CAN’T BE FOUND
WE’RE ALL LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
LIVING IN A GHOST TOWN
WE WERE SO BEAUTIFUL
I WAS YOUR MAN ABOUT TOWN
LIVING IN THIS GHOST TOWN
IT ISN’T ANY FUN
IF I WANT A PARTY
IT’S A PARTY OF ONE
Keith Richards said: “We cut this track well over a year ago in LA for a new album, an ongoing
thing, and then shit hit the fan. Mick and I decided this one really needed to go to work right
now and so here you have it.”
