Walking The Ghost

There's a knocking at my window
Not two for yes but one for no
Some spirit is unsatisfied
From watching her world spin out of control
At night she goes walking around her old home
Objecting to how it's all changed
She prefers her arrangements to the ones which we made
Walking the ghost
Walking the ghost
Walking the ghost

This baggage on my shoulders
Making me stoop, bending my frame
My neck is crocked lopsided
I will never be tall again
At night she goes walking around her old home
You can feel so much sadness locked up in her bones
I can feel so much sadness locked up in her bones
Walking my ghost
Walking my ghost
Walking my ghost
Walking my ghost

I'm sensitive to unkindness
Stab in the back burn in the ribs
I need your fingers to straighten my flesh
I hope your fingers are kind
Hope... fingers...
Walking the ghost, walking the ghost, walking the ghost
Walking the ghost, walking the ghost

I can feel someone is with me now
Willing me on
Whispering advice Poking my back
Singing prophecies
Weird shadows
Words on a breeze
I'm picking up, I'm picking up
I'm picking up your message
And I'm trying to mend
With all the noise around here
With all the noise around here
I can't hear any clearer
I can't hear any clearer
I can't hear any clearer
I can't stop my head from ringing
I can't stop my head from ringing
I can't stop my head from ringing
And there's fingers in my hair
Stroking my neck
Lifting up my skin
Shifting skin, shifting skin
Shedding my skin
And I'm leaving it behind
I'm leaving it behind
And I'm walking my ghost
I am walking my ghost
I am walking my ghost
My ghost
My ghost
My ghost
My ghost
My ghost

Open in Spotify

• Gold Mother (white label) :Promo, Album, 1990
• Gold Mother (Japan) :Studio, Album, 1990
• Gold Mother :Studio, Album, 1990
• Come Home Live :Live, VHS, 1991
• James (USA Promo) :Studio, Album, 1991
• James (USA, Canada) :Compilation, Album, 1991
• Gold Mother (reissue CDR) :Promo, Album, 2001
• Gold Mother (Simply Vinyl white label) :Promo, Album, 2002
• The Gathering Sound (full promo) :Promo, Box Set, 2012
• The Gathering Sound :Compilation, Box Set, 2012

Played at:

• London HMV Oxford Street – 16th April 2024
• Newcastle Academy – 6th April 2010
• Edinburgh Corn Exchange – 5th April 2010
• Newcastle Telewest Arena – 4th December 2001
• New York Irving Plaza – 15th February 1994
• Milwaukee Marcus Amphitheatre WOMAD – 12th September 1993
• Manchester Free Trade Hall – 17th December 1992
• Leeds Town And Country Club – 14th December 1992
• Brevard County Fair – 7th November 1992
• Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, Los Angeles – 25th September 1992
• Roskilde Festival – 28th June 1992
• Bern Stufenbau – 4th May 1992
• Hamburg Grosse Freiheit 36 – 29th April 1992
• Manchester Polytechnic – 8th February 1992
• Rennes Transmusicalles – 7th December 1991
• London Brixton Academy – 25th October 1991
• Reading Festival – 24th August 1991
• London Camden Underworld – 14th August 1991
• Manchester G-Mex – 8th December 1990
• London Brixton Academy – 6th December 1990
• London Crystal Palace Bowl – 11th August 1990
• Blackpool Empress Ballroom – 4th August 1990
• Glastonbury Festival – 23rd June 1990
• London Kilburn National – 19th June 1990
• Liverpool Royal Court – 15th June 1990
• Sheffield University – 14th June 1990
• Bristol Studio – 10th June 1990
• Exeter University – 9th June 1990
• Hull City Hall – 8th June 1990
• Lancaster University – 6th June 1990
• Glasgow Barrowlands – 5th June 1990
• St Andrew’s University – 4th June 1990
• Brighton The Event – 14th May 1990
• Cambridge Corn Exchange – 13th May 1990
• Manchester Apollo – 4th December 1989
• London Town And Country Club – 28th November 1989
• Edinburgh Carlton – 17th November 1989
• London Marquee Club – 3rd July 1989
• Bristol Bierkeller – 19th June 1989

CHORUS

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