The ghost of a friend came down to me singing don't go back to misery She spread out her wings and said listen to me This aint no place for you to be Oh my darling you can set me free So I packed up my sorrows and I followed her down to the West Way Road heading outta town The grass is greener off the beaten track Come with me and we won't look back Oh my darling I could only try Yea the clowns here have taken the town, yeah the fools here are runnin' me down Well I don't need them around they got nothing on you, they got nothing on you no And the lady sings Oooooooooohhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Oooooooooohhhh Now the ghost of a friend is leaving me For another dark place of misery But the fires burning and the winds they change I know I'll see my friend again Oh my darling you have made me see There's always a circus in town With the vultures, peacocks and hounds Well I don't need that around, they got nothing on you, they got nothing on you no And the lady sings Oooooooooohhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Oooooooooohhhh You see there's always a circus in town With the vultures, peacocks and hounds Well I don't need that around, they got nothing on you, they got nothing on you no And the lady sings Oooooooooohhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Oooooooooohhhh And there she goes