I have been sung a thousand times Not always with my original rhymes It's been so very long ago now I don't even remember why or how They put me through an electric beast Not always fun, to say the least But when you first let me out on paper Could you know what would happen, sooner or later? [Pre‑Chorus] They changed my clothes, they changed my name, But somehow there is something the same [Chorus] I’m the cover song ghost, present and past You wrote down words that forever last I still haunt that first-born melody Singers don’t even know I’m there to see For you I linger, my original host For I am the cover song ghost [Verse 2] Born in a quiet room, paper skin shaped by your muse You sang me soft, a secret you feared to lose But out the door I wandered oh so far Slipped through hands and smoky bars Someone found me humming in the dark Many singers, thanks to you, made their mark You author, me song, from such a humble start [Pre‑Chorus] They changed my clothes, they changed my name, But somehow there is something the same [Chorus] I’m the cover song ghost, present and past You wrote down words that forever last I still haunt that first-born melody Singers don’t even know I’m there to see For you I linger, my original host For I am the cover song ghost [Bridge] Some got me right and some got me wrong All the while I am still your song Seems some songs are meant to roam Another voice and another home But as a ghost of present and past Changed through versions - that’s how I last [Pre‑Chorus] They changed my clothes, they changed my name, But somehow there is something the same [Chorus] I’m the cover song ghost, present and past You wrote down words that forever last I still haunt that first-born melody Singers don’t even know I’m there to see For you I linger, my original host For I am the cover song ghost
