Phantom Of The Opry

Around midnight

A shadow appears on center stage

And sings a haunting melody

While a distant fiddle plays

Look closer

And you can almost see a rhinestone

Shinning in the dark

He's still a living legend

Living right here in my heart

He's the phantom of the Opry

A grand old 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 Hanker or Lefty

Or that Kentucky Bluebird flying back again

No one knows for certain

We all know it's more than just the wind

There's a ghostly sound of steel guitar

Cryin' in the night

Doesn't come from center stage

Often somewhere on the other side

He's the phantom of the Opry

A grand old 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

Sings a haunting melody

While a distant fiddle plays