The ghost of a friend came down to menSinging don't go back to miserynShe spread out her wings and said listen to menThis ain't no place for you to benOh my darling you can set me freennSo I packed up my sorrowsnAnd I followed her downnTo the Westway Road heading out of townnThe grass is greener off the beaten tracknSo come with me and we won't go backnnOh my darling I could only trynThey're the clowns that've taken the townnYeah the fools here are running me downnn[Chorus]nWell I don't need them around, they got nothing on younThey got nothing on you, nonAnd the lady singsnnNow the ghost of a friend is leaving menFor another dark place of miserynBut the fires burning and the winds they changenI know I've seen my friend againnOh my darling you have made me seennThere is always a circus in townnWith the vultures, and the peacocks and houndsnn[Chorus]nnYou see there's always a circus in townnAll the vultures, peacocks and houndsnn[Chorus]nnWell, there she goes