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What do a record player, a tattoo gun, a compass, and a seamstress' tool all have in common? There's a spirit at work for those with ears to hear.

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There’s a spirit in those old songs - The sound won’t let me be
Reminding me of something true - That I can barely see
I put a record on the table - Smell the amplifier’s heat
Gives me hope when I’m unable - To feel the rhythm in my feet

There are ghosts in the needle
As it scrapes music from the grooves
Johnny, Merle, and Patsy
And the songs we’ll never lose
There are ghosts in the needle
They push me toward the light
A holy kind of haunting
I’m dancing to tonight

He’s giving her a portrait - Of her mother so long gone
Every detail perfect - She can’t believe what he has drawn
As the ink cuts through her skin - A tear flows with the blood
All the pain and heartache – Comes in rushing like a flood

There’s a ghost in the needle
As it pushes through her skin
Daughters need their Mommas
No one knows how hard it’s been
There’s a ghost in the needle
It points her toward the light
Same one her Momma followed
When she went home that night

Some ghosts haunt us on our midnight roads
Some ghosts hold our hands
There’s a holy ghost whispering in a quiet tone
I’m beginning to understand

There’s a ghost in the needle - Like a compass pointing home
Like my baby sewing patches - On some jeans I can’t let go
There’s a ghost in the needle - As it’s scraping out the sound
Of those who went before us - And the love they lost and found
The love they lost and found

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from Ghost In The Needle / Not OK At All (double single w Instrumental Bonus Tracks & Exclusive Booklet​/​Liner Notes), released December 2, 2022
Lyrics and Music by John J. Thompson
Lyrics Co-Written by Michelle Lynn Thompson
Lead Vocal, Lead Guitar, Harmonica: John J. Thompson
Additional Vocals: Michelle Lynn Thompson
Rhythm Electric Guitar, Bass: Jimmy Abegg
Acoustic Guitar: Dan Wheeler
Keyboards / Organ: Hunter Spivey
Drums / Percussion: Steve Hindalong
Produced by Matt Goldman (Glow In The Dark) and John J. Thompson
Engineered and Mixed by Matt Goldman
Mastered by John Carter

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The Wayside/Michelle Lynn Thompson Nashville

The Wayside is John and Michelle Thompson and the various friends and collaborators who have come alongside them over the past 32 years of rootsy music making. Originally from the Chicago area, they now call East Nashville home and they love it.

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