Intro: D
Verso
D G
You were the promise at dawn
D
I was the morning after
G
You were Jesus Christ my lord
D G
I was the money lender
D
You were the sensitive woman
G
I was the very reverend Freud
D
You were the manual orgasm
A
I was the dirty little boy
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
To live in a house that is haunted
A D
By the ghost of you and me?
Verso 2
D G
You were Marlon Brando
D
I was Steve McQueen
G
You were K. Y. jelly
D G
I was Vaseline
D
You were the father of modern medicine
G
I was Mr. Clean
D
You were the Whore and the Beast of Babylon
A
I was Rin Tin Tin
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
To live in a house that is haunted
A D
By the ghost of you and me?
Verso 3
D G
You got old and wrinkled
D
I stayed seventeen
G
You lusted after so many, baby
D G
I lay here with one
D
You defied your solitude
G
I came through alone
D
You said you could never love me
A
I undid your gown
Bm
And is this what you wanted
C Bm
To live in a house that is haunted
A D
By the ghost of you and me?