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Ghosts (lockdown recording)

by House of the Black Gardenia

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During the 2021 lockdown, Elise and Neil wrote this song.
Everyone recorded their part at home, mostly just with a phone (phone mics are really good these days!), Neil spend forever putting all the audio together and Kit Haigh did wonders making the video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgLMRg73LXA

Hope to see you out in the real world soon.

lyrics

Well, I tell you there are ghosts among us
And they’re growing every day in numbers
What might look like a real live person
Got no spine, no guts, no gumption
They’ll cry to you
They’ll lie to you
Seem so real but when you get up close they’re just gone, gone, gone

They’ll appear when the drinks are flowing
And they know where the night is going
They’ll join you on any adventure
For every hour of pleasure
When the morning comes
When there’s no more fun
Seem so real but when you get up close they’re just ghosts

(You best believe, you better believe in ghosts)
Don’t let them take you
For they’ll forsake you
They’re gonna make you
Make you believe in ghosts

They’ll wrap themselves around you
Say they’re so glad they found you
They’ll take possession of a heart unguarded
Make you feel like you’ve been jump-started
Leave the engine on
Then away they run
Seem so real but when you get up close they’re just ghosts

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released June 19, 2021
All music and arrangements by Neil Hopper
Lyrics by Elise Rana

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House of the Black Gardenia Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Viper jazz, dirty blues and infectious swing rhythms more potent than a bathtub full of bootleg gin. Born of the desire to get their city's dancefloors swinging to the lesser-known roots music of the 1920s and '30s, House of the Black Gardenia brings together the new generation of Newcastle's jazz, blues and swing scene for a raucous revival of old-fashioned good times. ... more

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