Holy Ghost - The Bar-Kays

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Holy Ghost Lyrics

I keep going to the river to pray
'Cause I need
something that can wash out the pain
And at most,

I'm sleeping all these demons away
But your ghost,
The ghost of you it keeps me awake

My friends had you figured out
Yeah, they saw what's inside of you
You tried hiding another you
But your evil is coming through

These eyes sitting on the wall
They watch every move I make
Bright light living in the shade
Your cold heart makes the spirit shake
I had to go through hell

To prove I'm not a saint
And to meet the devil
Just to know his name
And that's when my love was burning
Yeah, it's still burning
I keep going to the river to pray

'Cause I need
something that can wash out the pain
And at most,
I'm sleeping all these demons away

But your ghost,
The ghost of you it keeps me awake
I keep going to the river to pray
'Cause I need something that can wash out the pain
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away

But your ghost, the ghost of you it keeps me awake
Each time that I think you're gone
I turn around and you're creeping in
And I let you under my skin

'Cause I love living in the sin
Oh you never told me
True love was gonna hurt

True pain I don't deserve
Truth is that I never learned
I keep going to the river to pray
'Cause I need

something that can wash out the pain
And at most,
I'm sleeping all these demons away
But your ghost,
The ghost of you it keeps me awake
I keep going to the river to pray
'Cause I need something that can wash out the pain
And at most, I'm sleeping all these demons away
But your ghost,
The ghost of you it keeps me awake
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
Stop the haunting, baby
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
Give up the ghost
No more haunting, baby
I keep going to the river
I keep going to the river to pray
'Cause I need
something that can wash out the pain
And at most,
I'm sleeping all these demons away
But your ghost,
The ghost of you it keeps me awake
I keep going to the river to pray
'Cause I need something that can wash out the pain
And at most,
I'm sleeping all these demons away
But your ghost,
The ghost of you it keeps me awake

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The Bar-Kays were a popular Memphis, Tennessee, soul, R&B, and funk group performing from 1966 that continues in some form to perform today, although with only one original member. They began as a favorite soul studio sessions group backing major artists at Stax Records, chosen in 1967 by Otis Redding to play as his touring backup band.

On December 10, 1967, Redding, his manager, and band members Jimmy King (b.1949; guitar), Ronnie Caldwell (b. 1948; organ), Phalon Jones (b. 1949; saxophone), and Carl Cunningham (b. 1949; drums) died in a plane crash in Lake Monona while on their way to a performance in Madison, Wisconsin.

Trumpeter Ben Cauley survived the crash and bassist James Alexander (who missed the flight due to returning a rental car) rebuilt the group.

The reformed band consisted of Cauley; Alexander; Harvey Henderson, saxophone; Michael Toles, guitar; Ronnie Gorden, organ; Willie Hall, drums and later Larry Dodson, lead vocals.

The group backed dozens of major Stax artists on recordings afterwards, including on Isaac Hayes' Hot Buttered Soul album, and changed direction in the 1970s to have a successful funk music career. Lloyd Smith joined the Bar-Kays in 1973. They continued to score hits on R&B charts well into the 1980s and lately have incorporated contemporary rap & remix elements into their continuing career and have performed all over the world.



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