Phantom Of The Opry

( Written by Billy Lawson / John Schweers / Roger Murrah )

Around midnight

A shadow appears on center stage

And sings a haunting melody

While a distant fiddle plays

Look closer

You can almost see a rhinestone shining in the dark

He's still a living legend

Living right here in my heart

Chorus:

He's the phantom of the Opry

A grand ole spirit from the Ryman days

He just feels at home here

He don't really mean to haunt this place

Every time it rains in Nashville

They say the angels cry

'Cause the phantom of the Opry

Never got to say goodbye

Some say it's Hank or Lefty

Or that Kentucky Bluebird flying back again

No one knows for certain

But we all know it's more than just the wind

There's a ghostly sound of steel guitar

Crying in the night

Does it come from center stage

Or from somewhere on the other side

Chorus:

He's the phantom of the Opry

A grand ole spirit from the Ryman days

He just feels at home here

He don't really mean to haunt this place

Every time it rains in Nashville

They say the angels cry

'Cause the phantom of the Opry

Never got to say goodbye

Around midnight

A shadow appears on center stage

And sings a haunting melody

While a distant fiddle plays