Verse 1 Row seven, seat nine, I take the seat on the aisle I jot down what time people leave Nine-forty, the one in the green dress Nine-fifty, the boy who held her arm Verse 2 She didn’t wave back at the girls by the door She laughed in the wrong place, I noted it Ten-fifteen, coat but no purse Ten-sixteen, he’s holding the coat Chorus I’m just the back row ghoul I see it, I jot it down I’m just the back row ghoul Nobody opens the notebook Verse 3 Monday they ask us who saw what I tell them I was there all night I have the times, I have the colors I don’t have the part where I got up Chorus I’m just the back row ghoul I see it, I jot it down I’m just the back row ghoul Nobody opens the notebook Bridge I should have said The pen was in my hand It was already in my hand Outro Ten-twenty Ten-twenty-one Ten-twenty-two
