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PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Specials
The Specials
Performer
Terry Hall
Terry Hall
Vocals
John Bradbury
John Bradbury
Drums
Horace Panter
Horace Panter
Bass Guitar
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding
Guitar
Steve Craddock
Steve Craddock
Guitar
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Keyboards
Tim Smart
Tim Smart
Trombone
Pablo Mendelssohn
Pablo Mendelssohn
Trumpet
Jessica Cox
Jessica Cox
Cello
Laura Stanford
Laura Stanford
Viola
Amy Stanford
Amy Stanford
Violin
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jerry Dammers
Jerry Dammers
Songwriter

Lyrics

This town
(Town)
Is comin' like a ghost town
All the clubs have been closed down
This place
(Town)
Is coming like a ghost town
Bands won't play no more
Too much fighting on the dance floor
Yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yay, yay, yay, yeah
Yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yay, yay, yay, yeah
Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?
We danced and sang and the music played in any boomtown
This town
(Town)
Is comin' like a ghost town
Why must the youth fight amongst themselves?
Government leave the youth on the shelf
This place
(Town)
Is comin' like a ghost town
No job to be found in this country
Can't go on no more
The people gettin' angry
Yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yay, yay, yay, yeah
Yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah, yay-yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yay, yay, yay, yeah
This town is comin' like a ghost town
(Ghost town, ghost town)
This town is comin' like a ghost town
This town is comin' like a ghost town
(Ghost town, ghost town)
This town is comin' like a ghost town
This town is comin' like a ghost town
Written by: Jerry Dammers

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