The Rebel Black Dot Song o' Today

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, "Walked Like a Ghost" from While We're At It (The Last Angry Rude Boy)

Skammentary: "Walked Like a Ghost" continues the venerable ska tradition of pairing upbeat, even cheery music, with dark, even tragic lyrics.

"He walked like a ghost
Until he became a ghost,
He lost what he believed in and all that he held close,
Words would not express or allow him to describe
The sadness that he dealt with up until the day he died.

"Sarah and Lily and Grace,
When the world was a much better place.

"Twenty of them please,
On up and down the keys,
He played with a purpose; he also played with ease,
I played them too, the sweetest soul I knew,
And cherished every moment that I got to spend with you.

"Sarah and Lily and Grace,
Sarah and Lily and Grace,
Sarah and Lily and Grace,
When the world was a much better place.

Holes had replaced those beautiful brown eyes,
Souls erased, angels fell, and darkness filled the sky,
And he walked like a ghost up until the day he was,
When something like this happens, I guess, that's what someone does.

"And Sarah and Lily and Grace,
Sarah and Lily and Grace,
Sarah and Lily and Grace,
When the world was a much better place.

"Sarah, and Lily and Grace
When the world was a much better place."