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Around midnight |
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A shadow appears on center stage |
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And sings a haunting melody |
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While a distant fiddle plays |
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Look closer |
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And you can almost see a rhinestone |
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Shinning in the dark |
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He's still a living legend |
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Living right here in my heart |
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He's the phantom of the Opry |
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A grand old spirit from the Ryman days |
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He just feels at home here |
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He don't really mean to haunt this place |
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Every time it rains in Nashville |
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They say the angels cry |
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Cause the phantom of the Opry |
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Never got to say goodbye |
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Some say it's Hanker or Lefty |
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Or that Kentucky Bluebird flying back again |
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No one knows for certain |
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We all know it's more than just the wind |
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There's a ghostly sound of steel guitar |
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Cryin' in the night |
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Doesn't come from center stage |
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Often somewhere on the other side |
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He's the phantom of the Opry |
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A grand old spirit from the Ryman days |
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He just feels at home here |
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He don't really mean to haunt this place |
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Every time it rains in Nashville |
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They say the angels cry |
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Cause the phantom of the Opry |
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Never got to say goodbye |
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Around midnight |
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A shadow appears on center stage |
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Sings a haunting melody |
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While a distant fiddle plays |