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The Ghost of Lost Creek Road

from Prisoners of the Heart by Mark Lucas

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Title track of the eponymous 2001 Laughing Outlaw Records album, written stuck in a traffic jam on the Pacific Hway, Friday of a long week-end with kids in the back as a hapless truckie's vehicle was dragged out of the ditch.

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I AWOKE EARLY ON THAT MONDAY MORN AS MANY A MORN BEFORE
TO THE CRACKED SUNLIGHT OF URBAN LIFE & THE 747’S ROAR
I’VE NOT ALWAYS BEEN OF THE CITY & I’VE A TALE OR TWO TO TELL
OF THE WORLD BEYOND THE CONCRETE THE SIRENS AND THE BELLS

I AM NOT THE MAN I WAS & PLEASE DON’T ASK ME WHY
I’VE MET THE GHOST OF THE LOST CREEK ROAD & I’M NOT AFRAID TO DIE

OH DARLING YOU WERE ALWAYS SUCH A SWEET SUBURBAN GIRL
THOUGH YOU NEVER SANG SOAP OPERA OR WORE YOUR HAIR IN CURLS
YOU STILL WANT ALL THE TRAPPINGS OF THE POST CONSUMER WORLD
COME ON NOW ADMIT IT DEAR YOU’RE A THOROUGHLY MODERN GIRL

I AM NOT THE MAN I WAS ETC

WELL I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE BRUCE HIGHWAY WHEN I PASSED HIM ON THE ROAD
AND THE MOMENT MY HEADLIGHTS GRABBED HIM I FELT A CHILL WIND AT MY THROAT
THE SUMMER AIR WAS CRYSTALLINE AS THE SEMI-TRUCK ROLLED BY
THE BIG MACK DROVE RIGHT THROUGH HIM HE DIDN’T BLINK AN EYE

I AM NOT THE MAN I WAS…

AND THE REST OF MY GHOST STORY IS ONE I REMEMBER WELL
IT’S A TALE TO BE REMEMBERED BUT NOT A TALE TO TELL
‘COS WHEN I TURNED I RECOGNISED THE MAN BESIDE THE ROAD
AND I KNEW I’D KNOWN HIM ALL MY LIFE AND I KNEW HE WAS ALONE

I AM NOT THE MAN I WAS…

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from Prisoners of the Heart, released January 22, 2019

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Mark Lucas Sydney, Australia

Australian roots music – it’s a sense of place. In singer-songwriter Mark Lucas' word picture world you’ll encounter ghosts of the past & yearning spirits of the present, making themselves known in a variety of familiar locales, together with a motley cast of misfits & dreamers who could fit in just about anywhere there’s people & stories to tell. ... more

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