David Rovics - All the Ghosts That Walk This Earth lyrics

I'll tell you what happened I was walking downtown Making something for May Day Pounding the ground Some kid pulled a trigger And then I was dead 'Cause that's what happens When a shotgun blows off your head I was just 24 Much too young to die My reason for living I didn't know why I had no time to show What my life could be worth Now i'm just another Of all the ghosts that walk this earth Yes, I wander the world And I see all the others The dead and forsaken My sisters and brothers All of us wondering What are we doing here Just stuck on this planet Who knows how many years In Auschwitz or Baghdad It's always the same Forgotten and restless No one calling their name I visit my old friends They make love and give birth While I'm just another Of all the ghosts that walk this earth And I wish I could show you All the places I've been Where the flowers grow wild Where the napalm meets skin I wish I could trade it And be back in my life Maybe we'd live in China Maybe you'd be my wife Maybe I would feel something Not just angry and sad Always just wishing For the life that I had But I just watch you and your lover In such glorious mirth For I'm just another Of all the ghosts that walk this earth