I live with a japanese ghost I live with an actor out of work I live with a teenage poet And i live with this curse The curse of your beauty The curve of the earth in the crease of your smile The course of the river Runs from your hips up your spine I've been a lonely boy And you've been a lonely boy too How softly the days destroy The nights when i dream about you You've been a lonely girl And i've been a lonely girl too I've followed you around the world So why can't i be around you? My country's a burial ground They put the mark on me at birth A ghost lust for sight and sound I was born with this curse The curse of your brilliance The radiant cast of your mind But i cast a shadow I spread the ashes over both of our time I've been a lonely boy And you've been a lonely boy too How softly the days destroy The nights when i dream about you You've been a lonely girl And i've been a lonely girl too I've followed you around the world So why can't i be around you? I've been a lonely boy And now i'm a lonely man I've seen my days devoid Of your touch, they slipped through my hands Oh i've watched the sunset drain Like the blood from my face And the pale moon rose It posed in outer space The pale moon reflecting back Through the wind on the lake And into that swirling black I've given up all i can take I've been a lonely boy And you've been a lonely boy too How softly the days destroy The nights when i dream about you