Reciprocity Nexus

Lyrics

Ghosts

Oh Adam
Fourth in line
Not the first man
Hardly made it past the starting line
Swung trapeze into A&E

The list of people who I miss
Grows long
Year on year new names appear
I long
To see all them again
These faces
I’m running out of paper
And of time

I see
Ghosts in a stranger’s demeanour
I see
Ghosts in your mannerisms
I see
Ghosts in the eyes of children
The Good Lord knows, how I miss them all

Frances Charlotte
Drove a purple Mini
Daily
From Putney to the Embassy
To Cairo and beyond this world

There’s a list I keep of folk I wish
I had known but never met and so
They appear
Only as they can, inside my mind
As apparitions
Out of time

I see
Ghosts in a stranger’s demeanour
I see
Ghosts in your mannerisms
I see
Ghosts in the eyes of children
The Good Lord knows, how I wish I had met you all

Life is short
And soon we’ll shuffle off this mortal coil
To become for some
Memories
While others are left wondering about

Ghosts in a stranger’s demeanour
Ghosts in your mannerisms
Ghosts in the eyes of children
The Good Lord knows, how I miss you all

Ghosts in a stranger’s demeanour
I see
Ghosts in your mannerisms
Ghosts in the eyes of children
The Good Lord knows, how I love you all