Memphis - A Ghost Story lyrics

As kids we used to watch them in the alley come and go We could see the imprints of their footprints in the snow They'd turn the corner out of sight And we'd always let them go We didn't want to know I saw one disappear in to the dusk living room Rain was beating on the sidewalk But I heard him hum a tune The melody familiar, but higher than I knew it I ran up to my bed And I quickly got into it Hid my head beneath the covers, Counted up to ten I looked around the room And they were back again Sitting at my bedside, watching over me Turned the lock upon my door And swallowed up the key They stroked my head and whispered, "Now we'll never set you free" And they never set me free The years turned into ages And I could see them still Sometimes moving like an angel Sometimes coming for the k** They made me hide my real face Quite against my will I admit it was a thrill Now everywhere I go And in everything I do It's them who's haunting me And it's me who's haunting you And I'll follow you until the day That you're a spirit too And that's my ghost story