In an effort to save paper and ink, Chris decided to omit the lyrics from the CD booklet for 'Ghosts' and put the up on the website instead. So, as promised here they are!

Ghosts
January
Turn Out the Light
Naughty Little Girl
Tomorrows and Yesterdays
Lonely
Don't Tell Me
Whispered
Poppies
Another Victim of a Broken Heart
The Loser
Afterwards

Ghosts
Music and Lyrics by Chris Dumigan

I want to go back,
Back to those days.
That I thought would never end,
That I thought would never end.

Listening, they haunt me now.
More than they ever did then,
More than they ever did then,

And I listen and smile with a sadness.
Knowing that they've gone forever
Never to return
And all the people that were part of it,
Will never be together in the same place again.

Ever
For all time to come.

As the tunes float across my ears they capture me.
And the magic returns,
And the magic returns.

And I want to go back,
Back to those days.
That we thought would never end
That we thought would never end.

January
Music and lyrics by Chris Dumigan

The moon is falling gently through the trees.
As I look at my frosty window pane.
And she is calling to me softly.
Through the January rain.
Through the January rain.

And as I wake the sun shines on my room.
The sky lit up and showing all its glow.
And she is whispering to me gently,
Through the January snow.
Through the January snow.

And in the evening nature slumbers now.
I walk in peace along the wooded lane.
And she still calls to me so softly.
Through the January rain.
Through the January rain.

Turn Out The Light
Music and lyrics by Chris Dumigan

Though you're not so far away, I miss you
Every minute of the day it's just the same.
Just lately I've been getting used to having you around
And to have these miles between us well it's just getting me down.

I know that all I need to do is phone you.
But to hear your voice is really not the same
I'd only want you here beside me if I heard you speak right now
So I'll wait a little longer, yes I'll get along somehow.

And I want you so bad it hurts me.
And I need you so much I'm a fool
Now don't tell me I'm mad, I don't need that advice.
With pain such as this, there's no wrong or no right
And if I had things my way, well you'd be here tonight.
But you're not so I'll turn out the light.

I've never been the sort of guy to rush it
So I often wished you could have read my mind
It would have made it all so easy; words are always hard for me
So I'll tell you what I'm thinking, then there'll be no doubt you see.

That I wanted you the minute that I saw you,
Another girl like you would be so hard to find.
I've wasted too much time before and usually lost my chance.
But I won't make that mistake again; I don't need a second glance.

Yes I want you so bad it hurts me...

Naughty Little Girl
Music and Lyrics by Chris Dumigan

What do you really think you are, do you think that you're real fine?
When you called me up and came around, still spinning me that line.
I bet it gave you quite a kick, to see me jump again.
But don't you bother about me now, you never did before then.

And if you think I'm bitter, you can bet your life you're right.
But only 'cause I fell for that old line not once but twice
But there won't be a third time no you won't get the chance again.
Now you even spoiled you're chances of remaining just a friend.

I really feel quite sorry for the guy who'll fall for you.
If he hasn't got the strength of mind, to laugh off the things you do.
For you'll eat him up and when you're finished,
spit him out on the floor.
And then what's left of him won't really amount to much anymore.

For you're nothing but a danger to ordinary lads but me.
You're so screwed up inside, you just see what you want to see.
But if you realise the things that you did
and go to call me on the phone,
just forget it. I was never that alone.

You're a menace to society, a naughty little girl
Weren't you ever spanked for doing what you do?
The trouble is you don't know when to stop and call it off.
But watch out girl,
for someone someday might just do the same to you.

You must have thought me pretty green to do the things you did.
The trouble was I never saw the feelings that you hid
I think you saw me as a sucker you could use a time or two.
But you can reassure yourself that now I'm really wise to you.

So I guess I'll have to hide my heart and keep it locked up away.
Keep it safely hidden 'til another rainy day.
Until another comes along, for I know she'll come really soon.
But one thing I know for sure, it won't be you.
Oh no, it won't be you.

You're a menace to society...

Tomorrows and Yesterdays
Music and Lyrics by Chris Dumigan

Now the hurt has finally left me, I can look upon it all and smile.
Oh maybe just a touch of bitter-sweet, but only once in a while.
You know you really gave me, so many things to look back on.
So you can't blame me for feeling, just a little withdrawn.

Maybe I'm mad, but I know I can't forget you
No I just can't seem to get you from my mind.
Maybe I'm mad, but I know I can't forget you
But I hope to learn to live with it, in time.

But although I've lost all the sorrow, I still feel an ache inside,
And my mind keeps playing tricks; I can't say I've not cried.
For I remember all of your kisses, and the way that you held me tight.
You know I'd almost forgot how it felt
before we kissed that first night.

Maybe I'm mad...

You know, everybody, they keep telling me don't look back,
but look ahead
Just be glad that you have gained, such experience in time.
But would I swap all my tomorrows, for a taste of yesterdays?
Yes I think I'd take the chance again, if I thought that you'd be mine.

Maybe I'm mad...

Lonely
Lyrics by Robin Kelly
Music by Chris Dumigan

The concrete block looked faintly pink against the evening sky
And building sites were left alone as cranes stood idly by.
The city streets seemed strangely calm and I stood wondering why

How lonely are the neon lights which shine until the dawn
How jaded are the city sights for me
And there's only one place in the world I really want to be
Wherever I can feel your love for me.

And on the hills as shadows grew the winds blew bitter cold
The farmer made his weary way, his flock left in their fold.
The same way as his father did and ancestors of old.

How lonely are the mountain streams which flow for evermore
How empty does the valley seem to me
And there's only one place in the world, I really want to be.
Wherever I can feel your love me.

So sail an ocean liner to some land across the sea
And fly on little dove to where my love waits patiently
For I will never feel alone, wherever I may be.

Don't Tell Me
Lyrics by Brian Cooper Music by Chris Dumigan

Don't tell me you've found love,
don't speak those foolish words to me.
You are blind just at the moment, but one day you will see.
That your so called love will laugh at you, and twist you like a tree.
So don't tell me for I've been there and I know.

You know the birds sing so much louder and the night is not as dark.
And the people seem more friendly as you pass them in the park.
Hand in hand you walk together and the future's bright and clean.
Til one day the storm clouds come and lightning smashes through your dreams.

So don't tell me...
You know that every day is happy, and every night is love.
You see each weed as a flower, and each pigeon as a dove.
When the novelty is over, and your feet are on the ground
Then it begins to turn sour, and your world comes crashing down.

So don't go on about your day-dreams or the paradise you've found.
Take my advice and get out now 'fore you start getting kicked around.
You'll be sad and you'll be lonely and the birds won't sing at all.
But you see the higher that you climb is just the harder that you fall.

So don't tell me...

Whispered
Lyrics by Chris Fogg
Music by Chris Dumigan

Somewhere a lark sings his song to the dawn.
Sending his notes soaring up to the sun.
Lost in the thrill of it all
Answering soft to your call.
You'll hear me.

It's just a distant sound of love
Whispered in a single word
The echo of a voice of love
Reaching out across the world.

High on a hill where the stream has its source
Before it plunges down into its course.
Under the shade of the rock
High on the wings of the lark.
I'll find you.

It's just a distant sound of love...

Maybe someday we will see what lies behind.
And the time will come when we will find.

What lies beyond where the sky meets the hill
Where we can listen in silence so still.
Wordlessly passing the hours.
The time will be no-one's but ours.
Just listen...

Poppies
Lyrics by Chris Fogg
Music by Chris Dumigan

Trees stand naked on the ridge
Like a memory of home.
Like a cross we have to bear
Like a bridge we have to cross.
Further into the unknown.

Chase the echoes through the silence,
Seek out where the poppies grow.
On the blackthorn past the crow's nest,
Like a blood stain on the snow.

Ice is glinting in the sun
And I have to shield my eyes.
From the patterns on the glass
From the mirror that will point
Towards where the future lies.

Dandelions clocks are blowing
Seeds dispersing in the wind
By the dead tree stands a scarecrow
Planting poppies in the spring.

Another Victim Of A Broken Heart
Lyrics by Anthony Ward
Music by Chris Dumigan
Arrangement by Dan Coghill

I've only just put the phone down, after talking to you.
What you've just said, has torn my whole world in two.

How can you do this to me? How can you do this to me?
I'm falling apart, where did all of this start?
I'm falling apart, another victim of a broken heart.

I see my face in the mirror,and the tear in my eye.
I can see your face all around me, as I start to cry.

Oh the lines are still the same, "it's not you it's me."
how long have you felt like this,from day one maybe?

Tell me is that what you mean to say.
or are you just using another cliché?

How can you do this...

What's going to happen to me now, what am I going to do?
Do have to start all over again, and forget about you?
(Cause you'll forget about me)

How can you do this...
another victim, of a broken heart.
another victim, of a broken heart.

The Loser
Lyrics by Ken Sharples
Music by Chris Dumigan

She comes to us in rich disguises,
So we look through her while she recognises.
And we don't see her as she compromises.
Walking through doorways of our own devises,
Missing no chances as she gently takes us by the hand.

Then she might help us with our leave- taking,
Or maybe help someone who was just faking.
And perhaps take us just before waking.
Using strange methods whilst your hand's shaking,
Yet she works quietly without breaking any rules.

She's older than time yet she's young as you want her,
Her eyes are like fire and her body like ice.
You think you can cheat her but you'll be the loser.
She makes her own rules and she's loaded the dice.

I've seen her and she's a fine woman,
Seen her standing there or maybe coming,
And her eyes are smiling like she's having fun.
And as I look through her I don't see the sun,
But know this time it's me who's going to follow her back home.

She's older than time...

She comes to us in rich disguises...

Afterwards
Music and Lyrics by Chris Dumigan

It's over and little remains, just the memories of all we became.
And I know that I've nothing to gain by acting like this.
But the friends that I made have all gone.
And this love that I'm feeling is likely to tear me to bits
I can't take all this silence.

You don't get to love people that way
Just to smile when it comes to an end.
But when we all said on Sunday our tearful goodbyes.
It was like seeing a part of me die
watching you break down and cry.
And I'll never get used to this ache that I'm left with today.

For we started with nothing,
Almost bit off more than we could chew.
And we finished with everything,
Going our way but what's more it's true.
That I'll never again be the same,
For I've been through too many changes.
And this love that I'm feeling inside me will break me in two.
Will break me in two.

All the laughter the fun and the games
All the sadness frustrations and pains.
Were nothing, nothing to what we became when it started to blend.
Oh I never knew feelings like this,
I didn't even know that they existed to hurt me this way.
And to have to say goodbye
Was the hardest thing I had to say.

For we started with nothing...