Ghost Story

People bring me casseroles And pray for his immortal soul They think I'm in widow's weeds But pity's the last thing I need I dress in black and wear a veil To hide bright eyes and skin so pale And make sure that nobody sees The marks of love my lover leaves Since the day they told me he was gone Haunts me faithfully from dusk till dawn Hear him whisper sweetly in my ear Can't you see we got a good thing here Feel his fingertips caress my hair Turn around and there is nothing there Phantom arms around me sleeping near Can't you see we got a good thing here Can't you see we got a good thing here When some people pass away They don't reach the heaven that they prayed Bitter about the fallacy Their afterlife turned out to be They bitch and moan and hide your keys Or talk to psychics on TV They just groan and shake their chains When I say my baby's on the physical plane When I died upon that cold cold night Made a promise never leave her side Now she knows that there's nothing to fear Can't you see we got a good thing here I run my fingers through her hair She turns around and there's nothing there Wrap my arms around her sleeping near Can't you see we got a good thing here Can't you see we got a good thing here My husband cooling in the ground, the worms crawl in and out My lover's disembodied soul makes me so happy now When they drew their pistols and they fired each one shot How could I have imagined this sweet bliss would be my lot I used to be an angry man, I wanted things that weren't mine At fifteen paces in the sand I left that all behind Now my spirits rise when she turns out the bedroom light I gently haunt my lover in the cold and tender night They try to comfort me with platitudes They don't know I'm in a real fine mood There's no reason I should shed one tear Can't you see we got a good thing here Don't talk to me of "death do us part" Between us we share one beating heart Candles flicker in the chandelier Can't you see we got a good thing here Can't you see we got a good thing here Can't you see we got a good thing here