Ghost Blues - Loudon Wainwright III

My old dog misses me so
To the beach
To the dog park
He don't wanna go
He lies there
Waiting at the foot of my bed
Because he knows I'm right there
Even though I'm dead
Your late husband
That would be me
I've been gone so long I'm just a faint memory
I've been disparaged in passing by your friends late at night
I blew out the candles all on
That served him right
The day that I died
I knew I was toast
Next thing I was hanging out with Marley's ghost
Hamlet's father
He's a friend of mine
That old cane can't keep from crying
At my memorial service there was quite a turnout
Some stayed away
Hey
What was that all about
Tell me
Didn't she love me
Didn't he care
Nobody saw me
But I was right there
I was doing a head count
Now I'm out of the picture
Yeah
I'm off of the book
Just a chunk of time
That was all that it took
Was it a shot from a gun
A slip of a knife
I don't know what killed me
Lord
It might have been life
I had a few children
Wrote a few songs
I got some of it right and a lot of it wrong
I bought a few houses
A few boats
A few cars
Being a ghost you might as well be on Mars
'Cause you're so far out
Being a ghost
Yeah
You're just in between
Each and every day of the year's Halloween
Hanging around
But you're not really there
You're hovering over your own old easy chair
Lord
I was hoping for heaven
Yeah
That would've been swell
'Cause being a ghost
Ah
Is like being in hell
You're hungry and you're tired and you can't get no rest
And though I'd settle for heaven
Oblivion would be best
I've been flying around
Rattling chains
Appearing in mirrors just to make you insane
Making those noises in your house late at night
Yeah
I got to haunt you even though it ain't right
My old dog
He misses me so
To the beach
To the dog park
He don't wanna go
He lies there
Waiting at the foot of my bed
Because he knows I'm right there
Even though I'm dead