The Dodge City Lawmen - Leadville Nights Lyrics

There's ghosts up on the roof
They're all still hanging there
And the snow cuts past the moon
The smoke's just swaying there
Leadville lights, the stars
I know I can't keep staying here
But my car can't move tonight
These wheels ain't got a prayer
In this ice thin air

Tonight the lights don't glow
They pierce my eyes on Christmas day
And I've been up all night
There's still too much to say
The icy air my lungs
I remember how we used to pray
That we could move downstream
The silver mines all went away
And you just couldn't stay

In these Leadville nights
The neon leads the way
I think I may just be alright
But it's been too many Leadville Nights
I can never roam too far from home
I'll never leave these Leadville Nights

Now it seems like every spring
The melt it takes my breath away
And those rivers start to swell
Rush hard through every day
Like broke down cars and dreams
I rust and start to rush away
Like every chance I had
Sunk with the sun on Christmas day
Back when you slipped away

Funny 20 years ain't long
Playing back in memories
But your voice is nearly gone
It's washed out by those things you'd say
Like I always dreamt of more
And I don't know what made me stay
Yeah I still dream of more
I guess that's why I stayed
And why I'll fade away

In these Leadville nights
The neon leads the way
I think I may just be alright
But it's been too many Leadville nights
I can never roam too far from home
I'll never leave these Leadville nights

The night up on the roof
The stars they shone
They still shine and light the way
They take me home

In these Leadville nights
The neon leads the way
I think I may just be alright
But it's been too many Leadville nights
I can never roam too far from home
I'll never leave these Leadville nights