Story Behind The Song
Written at the beginning of the pandemic, when everyone was on lockdown at home, but held onto their sense of 'community' and commitment to our home towns.
Song Description
Speaks to the quietness of the streets during pandemic lock downs, then looking deeper at the activity behind closed doors, the commitment of hearts to support each other, the act of love and courage that it took to get through the difficult times.
| Song Length |
2:50 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Quiet, Welcoming |
Subject |
Life, Pride |
| Similar Artists |
Ed Sheeran |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Ghost Town
Music and Lyrics by Lynda Dobbin-Turner and John Neil Martin
V1
Took a drive down main street
Not a living soul in sight
Everything here lately is so strange
No lights on at all it seems
All the schools are locked up tight
Ol' Cecil's not out strumming tunes for change
Seems like this whole world's turned upside down
Like living in a ghost town
Like living in a ghost town
CHORUS
If you look a little closer
There are lights in every home
Hearts in every window
That show us we're not alone
Neighbors doing all they can
So we can rise above
What we do's not out of fear, it's out of love
Together we will turn this all around
This is not a ghost town
This is our town
V2
Safe at home families
Have been doing the best they can
Alone together, closer than before
We find our ways to reconnect
See there's a greater plan
Maybe that's what hearts needed more
To know that together, we turned it all around
We put the heartbeat back into this town
This is our town
This is our town
CHORUS
If you look a little closer
There are lights in every home
Hearts in every window
That show us we're not alone
People doing all they can
So we will rise above
What we do's not out of fear, it's out of love
Together we will turn this all around
This is not a ghost town
This is our town
This is not a ghost town
This is our town