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Ghosts in the Park

from Ride Again by Skamanians

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A schizophrenic little ditty about living across from Finsbury Park.

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Ghosts in the Park

1.
Staring out the window at the lush green fields
Never sure exactly quite how the world feels, to-day,
But they’re out there come what may, watching their kids learn how to play
In the park, what a lark, in the sun, havin' fun

Adults never realising what they’ve got
Oh they’re trying to remember better times they forgot
They lock the gates when it gets dark,
But the ghosts still play in Finsbury Park
After dark, it’s a lark, in the park, what a laugh

2.
A shot in the dark
Another ghost for the park
I’m watching through my window
His blood stains the grass
I raise a half empty glass
To his soul as it leaves the body
At his his last dying breath
And the reaper of death
Appears, to do his duty
He leads him away, before the cold light of day
To the park where the ghosts still play

3.
Now if you dare
I’ll meet you there
I’ll introduce you, if you like?
There’s the spooks and the kooks and the fruity old loops
The headless lady on her bike
They all like some fun
(when there’s no more sun)
A game of footie, kick off at midnight
They’re all there to see
If you’ll just follow me
In the Park where the ghosts still play


4.
Sleeping softly dreaming deeply in my bed,
Oh there’s nowhere else I’d rather be than in my head, to-day
And they’re out there just the same, and their life’s just a big funny game
In the park, what a lark, in the sun, ‘avin fun

Running trying to fit on a Sunday morning
Me I lie in bed, with mi hangover dawning
Lock the gates when it gets dark,
Because the ghosts come out in the park

When your life’s just a big silly game
The ghosts still play in Finsbury Park,
After Dark

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from Ride Again, released July 22, 2014
Words and Music by Gavin Hackett

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Skamanians Perpignan, France

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When 8 musicians, passionate about 1960s Jamaican ska decided to recreate those sounds together the story began and they haven’t looked back since.
In the last 3 years the band have played over 150 concerts and appeared at some of the biggest Reggae, Ska and Jazz festivals in Europe alongside many of their heros; the Skatalites, Toots and the Maytals, U Roy, Black Uhuru….

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