I wanna go to the ocean And send a postcard of my loneliness Forgetting you is so elusive I run away but it's always this You're the only one I love It's always been you And I wish I was conscripted in the merchant marines Shanghaied into service to sails and machines just to stay alive And my sister keeps it simple she's a shipboard cook She can run line but if you take a look it's not easy though Cause I'm hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me Hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me I'm always a ghost I tried your gypsy tarot readings some seance stunt I keep an open mind but I think its just a front Want to believe it though My sister says forget her boy that's all that you need She pitches magical elixirs potions full of mead for a broken heart It's too late for that So light em up boys here's to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that's where I lost you Oh oh let go of that whipping post I'm always a ghost You're about as haunted as a darkened basement I got all the chances of a dog in a settlement I live by her secrets she'll never tell I ride along without em on a deep sea swell I heard there's someone new and she starts to talk She's the merry widow on the widow's walk And the fear is I'm the one no matter where you are In this twisted f**ked up film noir And I'm hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me Hoping you will find me I keep hoping you will find me Yeah yeah So light em up boys here's to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that's where I lost you Oh oh let go of that whipping post I'm always a ghost I'm always a ghost I'm always a ghost I'm always a ghost So light em up boys here's to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that's where I lost you Oh oh let go of that whipping post I'm always a ghost So light em up boys here's to your youth Sing loud enough to tell the truth I lost myself and that's where I lost you Oh oh let go of that whipping post I'm always a ghost