Shadows Where the Magic Was
by: James Hand
I drove to the town and I found the street
and the block where we once lived.
I had to make my misery complete
and see if I could take what life couldn't give.
I walked to the gate now rusted and old
and just about to fall,
The wind grew still and my blood ran cold
and the hair on my neck began to crawl.
Chorus:
There's shadows where the magic was
and there's darkness all around.
Now who can tell what the Devil does
when he walks on haunted ground.
Around the old place where my children had played
there were factories, stores, and schools.
There were shopping malls, but behind these walls
were the memories of this fool.
I recalled every lie you told me when
you said "I'm forever true"
I heard my name whispered on the wind
and my heart just broke in two.
Chorus:
There's shadows where the magic was
and there's darkness all around.
Now who can tell what the Devil does
when he walks on haunted ground.
I walked up to the door like a million times before
and I knew then I should leave.
For it seemed to me I heard a demon roar
and something started to tug at my sleeve.
When I saw someone staring at me,
but I could not see a face,
I knew then what it had to be,
I could never leave this place.
Chorus:
There's shadows where the magic was
and there's darkness all around.
Now who can tell what the Devil does
when he walks on haunted ground.
I went on through that door and right across the kitchen floor
where I knew I would find a drink.
I'd hidden it there twenty long years before
right up under the old kitchen sink.
When I found that bottle I gave the cap a toss
and as I drank all that hot whiskey down;
I knew right then I would sure pay the cost,
I would burn this damn place down.
Lord, there's shadows where the magic was
as the flames reach out for me,
I don't give a damn what the Devil does
'cause at last now I am free.
