Ghost Story
Have you seen the ghost of john?
long white bones with no skin on
more frightful still than any haunt
is a man who can’t have what he wants
Have you seen the ghost of kate
looking out the graveyard gate
from this day on she makes her home
with rattling bones and marble stones
See them pace the floor in fits and starts
and drag the chains that once wound ‘round their hearts
Have you seen the ghost of tom?
long years dead but won’t lie down
he wrings his hands of lifeless clay
and cowers from the light of day
Are we compelled despite our fear to hold such restless spirits dear?
is this the ghost of one last chance?
or the shade of some long-dead romance?
(chorus, spooky guitar, run for the hills, etc.)