SEARCH HERE: BROWSE 409412 LYRICS BY ARTIST/BAND NAME: #A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z SITE MENU Last Updates Request Lyrics Submit / Correct Popularity Charts VISITORS Login / Register Your Thoughts My Playlists [ More Merle Haggard lyrics ] add to playlist     see a mistake?    comment Artist/Band: Merle Haggard Lyrics for Song: Silver Ghost Lyrics for Album: Hag-The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 [2007] (Sterling Whipple) On a cold and rainy night I was sittin' by the light Of my switchman shack a mine post on the mountain The storm was pretty bad, the telephone was dead But it was just eleven hours till the dawn. Then much to my surprise the telegraph jumped into life As I read the code I thought could this be true A train was on its way headed up to mountain grade But she didn't have no engineer or crew. At the other switch they tried to put her on the mountain side But she kept on coming up the mountain grade Then I quickly dowse the light to try to see into the night Maybe I could spot her headlight in the rain. She was poundin' down below I could hear her whistle blow And I thought Lord that's a high and mournful sound Then the telegraph again there's a cave-in at the mine And a hundred men are burried neath the ground. Lord, she's coming now I see her round the bend and straight at me And her boiler's glowin' red as coal in hell Her headlinght switchin' wide searchin' all the mountain side But the only sound she's making it's a wail. Then I recognized the train by the number and the name It's from miners Silver Ghost ol' 41 Then she vanished up the track by the lonely switchman shack Like a mother who was looking for her son. Now I once heard a story how an engine went to glory Over fifty years ago on this same line It was steaming for a cave-in there were men needed savin' But it missed the curve in trestle near the mine. Every now and then you'll hear a whistle on the wind If a mountain slides and many men are lost It's a high and lonely wail and searching up and down the mountain It's a train they call the Miners Silver Ghost. It's a train they call the Miners Silver Ghost. It's a train they call the Miners Silver Ghost... Album Lyrics: Hag-The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 [2007] Merle Haggard "Hag-The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 [2007]" 1. Kentucky Gambler 2. Running Kind 3. Grandma Harp 4. Turnin' Off A Memory 5. Making Believe 6. The Way It Was In '51 7. A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today 8. Here In Frisco 9. Am I Standing In Your Way 10. Love And Honor 11. White Line Fever 12. I'm A Good Loser 13. Got A Letter From My Kid Today 14. When My Last Song Is Sung 15. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) 16. Always Wanting You 17. Workin' Man Blues 18. If We Make It Through December 19. Carolyn 20. Fightin' Side Of Me 21. Old Man From the Mountain 22. Roots Of My Raising 23. Holding Things Together 24. I Die Ten Thousand Times A Day 25. Montego Bay 26. Right Or Wrong 27. Blues Stay Away From Me 28. Moanin' The Blues 29. Goodbye Lefty 30. Uncle Lem 31. Farmer's Daughter 32. Man's Gotta Give Up A Lot 33. I've Done It All 34. September In Miami 35. Jesus, Take A Hold 36. I Can't Be Myself 37. Sidewalks Of Chicago 38. I Won't Give Up My Train 39. Somewhere Between 40. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) 41. White Man Singin' The Blues 42. Santa Claus And Popcorn 43. Bobby Wants A Puppy Dog For Christmas 44. Daddy Won't Be Home Again For Christmas 45. Grandma's Homemade Christmas Card 46. White Christmas 47. Silver Bells 48. Winter Wonderland 49. Silent Night 50. Jingle Bells 51. Someday We'll Look Back 52. Things Aren't Funny Anymore 53. If I Had Left It Up To You 54. California Cottonfields 55. Huntsville 56. Irma Jackson 57. Tulare Dust 58. I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me 59. Emptiest Arms in the World 60. Living With The Shades Pulled Down 61. It's All In The Movies 62. I Never Go Around Mirrors 63. That's The Way Love Goes 64. You'll Always Be Special To Me 65. Movin' On 66. I've Got A Yearning 67. Cherokee Maiden 68. This Cold War With You 69. Soldier's Last Letter 70. Shelly's Winter Love 71. No Reason To Quit 72. If You've Got Time To Say Goodbye 73. I'd Rather Be Gone 74. Seashores Of Old Mexico 75. Train of Life 76. I Ain't Got Nobody 77. New York City Blues 78. One Row at a Time 79. One Sweet Hello 80. Only Trouble With Me 81. Big Time Annie's Square 82. You're The Only Girl In The Game 83. Conversion Of Ronnie Jones 84. My Heart Would Know 85. Goodbye Comes Hard For Me 86. Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower 87. They're Tearin' The Labor Camps Down 88. Bill Woods From Bakersfield 89. Old Doc Brown 90. Funeral 91. Bring It On Down To My House Honey 92. Stingeree 93. Lovesick Blues 94. Hag's Dixie Blues No. 2 95. I Ain't Got Nobody (And Nobody Cares for Me) 96. I Forget You Every Day 97. Shoulder To Cry On 98. I Know An Ending When It Comes 99. Dad's Old Fiddle 100. I Wonder Where I'll Find You At Tonight 101. My Woman Keeps Loving Her Man 102. Somewhere To Come When It Rains 103. To Each His Own 104. I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving 105. I'm An Old Old Man Tryin' To Live While I Can 106. I'd Never Told On You 107. Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) 108. I'll Break Out Again Tonight 109. This Is The Song We Sing 110. Come On Into My Arms 111. Better Off When I Was Hungry 112. Girl Who Made Me Laugh 113. No More Trains To Ride 114. So Long Train Whistle 115. King Without A Queen 116. It Don't Bother Me 117. Travelin' 118. Don't Give Up On Me 119. Railroad Lady 120. Seeker 121. Life's Like Poetry 122. I've Got A Darlin' (For A Wife) 123. These Mem'ries We're Making Tonight 124. Hobo 125. Coming And The Going Of The Trains 126. My Love Affair With Trains 127. Silver Ghost 127. Where Have All The Hobos Gone 127. Union Station 127. Nothing's Worse Than Losing 127. Colorado 127. After Loving You 127. Cotton Patch Blues 127. Walk On The Outside 127. Let's Stop Pretending 127. Waltz You Saved For Me 127. What Have You Got Planned Tonight, Diana 127. Here Comes The Freedom Train