Thinking Ghosts

words and music copyright ©1978 by Howard Ashby Kranz

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1. I took a walk down Cooper Street; the lamppost where we used to meet

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seemed a different shape to me, but I can’t say why.

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But your old house still looked the same; it’s just the mailbox changed its name,

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and someone shut the light as I passed by.

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The big crack in the wall is still as good as new,

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but this side of the window’s got a different view.

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Chorus: And memories keep rolling in, where all the real things should have been.

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They take another piece of me, each time they do.

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This ain’t no way to help myself; I should be doing something else,

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instead of sitting here thinking ghosts of you.

2. I’m working in the grocery store; I bag the goods and sweep the floor.

I’ve got no time to think, so it’s just fine with me.

I try to laugh; I try to hide; I still see you on every side.

The trouble is it’s never you I see.

The shelf is full of knickknacks I can’t throw away;

my mind is full of sunsets from another day.

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3. I saw a dog that looked like Flak. I smiled at him, but he snarled back.

Seems living things and I no longer get along.

I ran into Charlie on the rue. We didn’t even mention you,

but everything we did say came out wrong.

But Little Leon down the block’s still on my side.

When he saw me, he asked about you; I said you died.

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