there's ghosts on the streets today

doorways of Jackson Square

in tinsel and tapshoes

Mardi Gras beads in her hair

and down to the graveyard

she wrung out her hands

as if he would meet her

all day she stands

(chorus)

so don't leave me

and I know you're justified

so don't leave me

cause a part of you

in me died

we wish ourselves beautiful

and cry in the night

and it's not the love you fear

but the fall from the height

our personal ledges

afraid to look down

my crepe paper bridges

enough to drown

(chorus)

(bridge)

and I see the lonely souls,

searching

but before the heartbreak rose,

draw the curtain

I'm a ghost on the streets today

surrounded by eyes

I feel them peer through me

and my harlequin disguise

if it makes you feel better

come join me a while

there's love in these open arms

some love in my spirit's smile

(chorus)