The Mississippi Ghost Queen

Down here along the bayous,
I've seen the Mississippi Ghost Queen.
Drifting through the swamp lands,
In my nightmares and my dreams.
She's inviting all the spirits here,
Then, taking them one by one.
Then capturing all the sinner's souls,
'Till The Captain says she's done.
The fog beneath the Bourbon Moon,
Conceals her dreadful path,
A midst the screams of the passengers,
You can hear The Captain's laugh.
She sings "come all you travelers,
Who want some wine and strong drink.
Meet the infamous Captain,
He's really not who you think."
Don't say I didn't warn you,
I been livin' down in New Orleans.
I've sailed upon that vessel,
Through my nightmares and my dreams.
Way back when the mutiny began,
That sailor didn't prevail.
Now he's Captain of his vessel,
That's headed straight to Hell.
The Captain was once a sailor,
Who fell from his Righteous Maker.
There's a ship down in New Orleans,
Who's called the Mississippi Ghost Queen.

All My Regrets, I Regret

So you say you want me dead,
For all the cold things that I've said.
For all the wrongs I couldn't make right,
For all the times hate blinded my sight.
I know the things I have done wrong,
So it's all right here, in my song.
Years gone by, and still I cry,
For all the regrets that I regret.
You know that I still love you,
I'll keep sayin' it 'till my face is blue.
I lost my mind, somewhere back then,
I didn't know now what I should have been.
A true friend, a true friend,
Someone, you could depend on 'till the end.
The past is done, and so am I,
Maybe you even want to know, why?
I was born with a scar upon my heart,
That always would get ripped apart.
I'd bleed the pain back onto you,
And sewed it back into these blues.
I'll be sorry my friends, until the end.
If I could start it all again-
I would have been true, faithful unto you...
And would have wrote "no regrets" in my song,
Now we can all sing along,
"All my Regrets, I Regret"-
In my song.

Deep Within

Reflections of pain...
First I received,
Then cast them back to you.
Born into this life...
I blame myself again,
At times, I don't know what to do.
But then, I only reflect-
The ghosts that haunted me,
When my life began...
Trapped inside my head,
Thoughts that never came true.
Some so good, some so bad.
Some so beautiful, some so sad.
Sometimes, I only think of myself,
And forget the troubles you're in,
Then I reflect that pain deep within.
I hide from it all,
And bury myself,
Deep within my sin....