Ghost on the street today
Doorways of Jackson Square
In tinsel and tap shoes

Mardi Gras beads in her hair
Down to the graveyard
She wrung out her hands

As if he will meet her
All day she stands
So don't leave me

And I know you're justified
So don't leave me
'Cause a part of you in me died

We wish ourselves beautiful
We cry in the night
And it's not the love you feared

But the fall from the height
My personal ledges
Afraid to look down

My crepe paper bridges
Enough water to drown


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And I see the lonely souls
Searchin'

But before the heartbreak rose
Draw the curtain


I'm a ghost on the streets today
Surrounded by eyes
I feel them peer through me

And my harlequin disguise
If it makes you feel better
Come join me the while

And there's love in these open arms
Some love in my spirits' smiles


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