You're living your life trying not to remember That cigarette ash, that last dying ember They only recall when the long shadows fall The ghost of your love from the past Maybe you're like me and hate to admit it You tried a new life but find you don't fit it You'll hide with a smile as you walk down the aisle The ghost of your love from the past You drink at a dive, take a long country drive But you can't escape from your past And just before dawn when you dread the new morn You have to see reason at last You turn back for home you relive it all And grope for a light in the cold empty hall But as you climb the stair Who is that standing there? It's the ghost of your love from the past You turn back for home you relive it all And grope for a light in the cold empty hall But as you climb the stair Who is that standing there? It's the ghost of your love from the past