On a misbegotten, moonless night, I stumbled in my door

Disgusted with my circumstance, soaked to every pore

When floating from my bedroom, came a moaning and a sigh

Oh, I've had one too many, it's just the wind,says I I lit up a cigarette, I poured a good stiff drink

You see I needed to compose myself, I needed time to think

No sooner had I settled down, the moaning came again

Drifting through the silence like some otherworldly violin I bounded up the staircase, now went slippin' and slidin' down the hall

You know, I've been around the whole wide world

But I was not prepared at all, uninvited visitor, unsuspecting host

Well, I see you've made yourself at home, good evening Miss Ghost You're more beautiful than ever, I feel just like a kid

I commence to trembling when I think of all the things we did

Skin as pale as marble, lips as red as blood

Imagine my surprise my dear, well I thought that you were gone for good You look so lovely lying there, all stretched out on your back

But I'm the one who's strung up here on old temptation's rusty rack

And in the wee small hours is when I miss you the most

And I confess it, I have missed you Miss Ghost I threw open the window

And I howled at the rain

And I cursed the weakness of the flesh

This breath and bone and this brute reptilian brain What dirty tricks the mind can play in the lonely dead of night

When you bump into the shadow of a faded love that wasn't right

Way down beneath the surface, far beyond the light of day

So many things lie buried deep and baby they should stay that way Oh, my wicked little habit

We've really made a mess

Everything's been trivialized

In our vain pursuit of happiness And even though you've come for me, I won't go back with you

To some temporary heaven, down some empty dead-end avenue

But it's been so good to have you here and I propose a toast

Here's to seeing through you, Miss ghost Yeah, Miss ghost