there's a ghost beside your bed, caroline
the way she chats is keeping me awake
and i tell her off but you say you're sick of all my interventions
& i'd wake you up but lately you've just been so tired
well there's a ghost, but you sleep through it, caroline
she's mumbling about your youth & all this time
i must admit there are some things i've never gotten used to
like how can you sleep so sound? how can you sleep so tight?
well if you were a small town girl, i wouldn't think twice
i'd take you home to momma, i'd make you my wife
but you're so downtown you're living underground, cherie
& morning come and I explain to caroline
about the ghost but she is not surprised
yeah she comes & goes, it's just a part of me that's always been there
& i can't explain why i'm not afraid, i just grew tired of being so scared