Ghost of Morning

[Verse] Met her at the honky-tonk, just a small-town bar, Shining like a diamond, brighter than the stars, We danced 'til the dawn broke, laughed 'til our sides hurt, Hearts tangled in the moonlight, love written in the dirt. [Verse 2] Took her to the old creek, where the fireflies play, Whispered sweet secrets, 'neath the Milky Way, Held her so close, afraid she might slip, In the morning she was gone, just a ghost in my grip. [Chorus] She melted away like the fog in the dawn, Left me with a heartbeat playing a forlorn song, I search for her shadow in the light of the day, But the morning came a-callin', and she drifted away. [Verse 3] Morning brought the silence, all the echoes gone, Her laughter in the wind, just a love-lorn song, The bed was cold and empty, where she used to lay, Her warmth now a memory, gone with the day. [Verse 4] Wrapped in the sorrow of a sweet, fleeting night, Her touch still lingers on my skin, ghostly light, Can't shake the feeling she was never real, Just a dream that visited, left an ache I can't heal. [Chorus] She melted away like the fog in the dawn, Left me with a heartbeat playing a forlorn song, I search for her shadow in the light of the day, But the morning came a-callin', and she drifted away.