Albums > Philately Philosophy & Felicity > Lyrics >
Track 2. The Ghost behind

The nun said ‘I was a striptease star’; the striptease star said ‘I was a nun’
Its so bizarre that we run so far from the place where we begun
Tony Blair was a socialist, the Pope was in the Hitler Youth
No one is free from history; not many tell the truth

It’s the ghost behind, it’s the ghost behind
Travelling fast now, foot on the floor
You looked in the rear view mirror, you saw him!
It’s the ghost behind

You say that it’s the light that leads you on, but maybe it’s the devil drives
Was it adolescent rebellion hit the bishop at seventy five?
When the child is father to the man that child will brook no choice
A cliff-top lemming poised to leap at the inner infant voice

It’s the ghost behind, it’s the ghost behind
Macho man, now cry and shout
Those clammy fingers reaching out - they touch you!
It’s the ghost behind

There’s a shadow sent to stalk me, who follows pace by pace
One day I’ll dare to stare him down, standing face to face
Name and shame him, exorcise him from my soul at last
And free me from a future that is captive to my past

It’s the ego of the ego, the string that pulls the strings
The prompter of the prompter, always waiting in the wings
Dark partner in the dialogue that springs inside your soul
The dead man’s hand ready to seize the wheel and take control

It’s the ghost behind, it’s the ghost behind....

< Back to Album "Philately Philosophy & Felicity "