Little ghost, little ghost
One I'm scared of the most
Can you scare me up a little bit of love?
I'm the only one that sees you
And I can't do much to please you
And it's not yet time to meet the Lord above
The first woman that I met here
I did not expect a specter
When I shook her hand I really shook a glove
She looked into me so sweetly
And we left the room discreetly

I am as ugly as I seem
Worse than all your dreams
Could ever make me out to be
And it makes me want to scream
When it's Halloween
And the kids are laughing

The rogue is a bank he's never broke
But worth as much as a joke
That no one is laughing at

Can you believe some things are not
Appealing and there's a spot
On the ceiling of my childhood bedroom

You got a reaction
You got a reaction didn't you?
You took a white orchid
You took a white orchid turned it blue

Something better than nothing
Something better than nothing, it's giving up
We all need to do something
Try keep the truth from showing up

How dare you?
How old are you now, anyway?
How dare you?
How old are you now, anyway?

How dare you?
How old are you now, anyway?

I blew it
And if I knew what to do, then i'd do it
But the point that I have, I'll get to it
And forever for her is over for me
Forever
Just the word that she said that means never
To be with another together
And with the weight of a feather it tore into me

Then I knew it
All the work that it took to get through it
On the wings of a feather that flew it

Well I miss my mother
And I miss being her son
As crazy as I was I
Guess I wasn't much of one
Sometimes I miss her so much,
I want to hop on the next jet
And I get lonely, but I ain't that lonely yet
And I love my sister
Lord knows how I've missed her
She loves me
And she knows I won't forget
And sometimes I get jealous
Of all her little pets

Well, the crickets get it
And the ants get it
I bet you the pigs get it
Yeah, even the plants get it
Come on now, and get with it
Yeah, I want you to get with it
Oh! Yeah, I just want you to get with it
Cause everyone that's under your shoe
And every bird and bug in the jungle, too
And everything in the ocean blue
They just happen to know exactly what to do

I'm thinkin' about my doorbell, when ya gonna ring it
When ya gonna ring it?
Yeah I'm thinkin' about my doorbell, when ya gonna ring it
When ya gonna ring it?
Yeah I'm thinkin' about my doorbell, when ya gonna ring it
When ya gonna ring it?
Yeah I been thinkin' about my doorbell
Oh, well

Well, women and children and kisses
Not the men in my life, I know

Women, listen to your mothers
Don't just succumb to the wishes of your brothers
Take a step back, take a look at one another
You need to know the difference...
Between a father and a lover (repeat x 3)

(Can you hear me callin' your name girl?)

(I am standin', standin' in the red, red rain)

(In the mornin', standin' in the red, red, rain)

Can't you hear me? Can you hear me callin' your name, girl?
In the mornin', while I'm standin' in the red, red rain girl

(In the mornin', standin' in the red, red rain)

Can't you hear me? Can you hear me callin' your name, girl?

I was sittin' there, in a comfortable chair
And that was all that I needed
Then my friend offered me a drink for us to share
And that was all that I needed
Well then I felt at ease
But then I'm not too hard to please
I guess you couldn't call me greedy

And I was shocked to look up and see Rita Hayworth there
In a place so seedy
She walked into the bar with the long red curly hair

If you think that a kiss is all in the lips
C'mon, you got it all wrong, man
And if you think that our dance was all in the hips
Oh well, then do the twist
If you think holding hands is all in the fingers
Grab hold of the soul where the memory lingers and
Make sure to never do it with them singers
Cause they'll tell everyone in the world

But he was thinking about the girl

The nurse should not be the one who puts salt in your wounds
But it's always with trust that the poison is fed with a spoon
When you're helpless with no one to turn to alone in your room
You would swear that the one who would care for you never would leave
She promised and said, "You will always be safe here with me"
But promises open the door to be broken to me

White moon, white moon
Breaks open the tomb
Of a deserted cartoon that I wrote
Creature come, creature creature
My own double feature
As I'm warming the bleachers at home
Well, my nose keeps on bleeding
Cause it's Rita I'm needing
I better call out a meeting of the boys
Of the boys...

My friends are all dying
And death can't be lying
It's the truth, and it don't make a noise