Lyrics
R. Dean Taylor
There's a ghost in my house
The ghost of your memories
The ghost of the love you took from me
Where our love used to be
Only shadows from the past I see
Time can't seem to erase
The vision of your smiling face
Though you found someone new
I can't get over you
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide
(Ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside
(Ghost in my house)
It keeps on haunting me
(Ghost in my house)
Just keeps on reminding me
(Ghost in my house)
In my mind I know you're gone
But my heart keeps holding on
To the memories of those happy times
To the love that once was mine
Though we're far apart
You're always in my heart
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide
(Ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside
You're still such a part of me
(Ghost in my house)
Still so deep in the heart of me
(Ghost in my house)
I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs
When I know there's no-one there
Every day I love you more
So much more than the day before
Sittin' in my easy chair
I feel your fingers running through my hair
Lookin' down in my coffee cup
I think I see your face lookin' up
All alone in my gloom
You voice echoes through the room
There's a ghost in my house
And I can't hide
(Ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside
(Ghost in my house)
It keeps on haunting me
(Ghost in my house)
Just keeps on reminding me
(Ghost in my house)
I just keep hearing your footsteps on the stairs
When I know there's no-one there
You're still such a part of me
(Ghost in my house)
Still so deep in the heart of me
(Ghost in my house)
I can't hide
(Ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside
(Ghost in my house)
The Fall
There's a ghost in my house
The ghost of your memory
The ghost of the love that was took from me
Our love used to be
Only shadows in the past I see
Times can't seem to've erased
The vision of your smiling face
Dead flowers I sent thee
I can't get over ye
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide
For the ghost of your love is inside
Keeps on haunting me
Just keeps on becalling me
Down in my tea cup
I see your face looking up
Sitting in my easy chair
I feel your fingers running through my hair
Though we're far apart
Your spectre's in my heart
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide
For the ghost of your love is inside
Keeps on haunting me
Still just a part of me
By the way I hang my head
You can see I'm afraid
Thought my heart knows you're gone
My mind keeps rolling on
There's a ghost in my house
I can't hide
In my house I am helpless
[ ] practice superstition
I hear footsteps on the stairs
I know there's no-one there
Keeps on haunting me
Keeps on haunting me
There's a ghost in my house
A ghost of your memory
A ghost of the love that was took from me
Ghost in my house
Commentary
Footnotes
Sources / Links
- Smith, Mark E. (2008). Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith. London: Penguin.
- The Track Record: “There’s A Ghost In My House”
- Wikipedia: “There’s a Ghost in My House” (R. Dean Taylor)
- Wolstencroft, Simon (2014). You Can Drum But You Can’t Hide. London: Strata Books.
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BBC session version helps with the megaphone bit;
“In my house I am helpless,
I make use of practice superstitious”