The Ghost of You

I threw out the photographs

Like yesterdays flowers

I tried to erase the past

But it won’t go away

I painted the second room

and cleared out the basement

and smelled some of your perfume

on the scarf that you made

the salvation army

collected your things

I gave them the jewelry

all the bracelets and rings

your clothes in black bin bags

I gave them away

I tried to move on

but the ghost of you stays

The ghost of you stays

The ghost of you stays

I threw out the photographs

Like yesterdays flowers

I tried to erase the past

But it won’t go away

I wake in the morning

And try to be brave

But it’s hard to move on

When the ghost of you stays

Oh-oh-oh (6x)

The ghost of you stays

The ghost of you stays

The ghost of you stays