The ghost of a friend came down to me

Singing don't go back to misery

She spread out her wings and said listen to me

This ain't no place for you to be

Oh my darling you can set me free

So I packed up my sorrows

And I followed her down

To the Westway Road heading out of town

The grass is greener off the beaten track

So come with me and we won't go back

Oh my darling I could only try

They're the clowns that've taken the town

Yeah the fools here are running me down

Well I don't need them around, they got nothing on you

They got nothing on you, no

And the lady sings

Now the ghost of a friend is leaving me

For another dark place of misery

But the fires burning and the winds they change

I know I've seen my friend again

Oh my darling you have made me see

There is always a circus in town

With the vultures, and the peacocks and hounds

Well I don't need that around, they got nothing on you

They got nothing on you

And the lady sings

You see there's always a circus in town

All the vultures, peacocks and hounds

Well I don't need them around, they got nothing on you

They got nothing on you, no

And the lady sings

Well, there she goes