Ghost Blues

My old dog misses me so
 To the beach, to the dog park, he don't wanna go
 He lies there, waiting at the foot of my bed
 Because he knows I'm right there, even though I'm dead
 Your late husband, that would be me
 I've been gone so long I'm just a faint memory
 I've been disparaged in passing by your friends late at night
 I blew out the candles all on, that served him right
 The day that I died, I knew I was toast
 Next thing I was hanging out with Marley's ghost
 Hamlet's father, he's a friend of mine
 That old cane can't keep from crying
 At my memorial service there was quite a turnout
 Some stayed away, hey, what was that all about?
 Tell me, didn't she love me, didn't he care?
 Nobody saw me, but I was right there
 (I was doing a head count)
 Now I'm out of the picture, yeah, I'm off of the book
 Just a chunk of time, that was all that it took
 Was it a shot from a gun, a slip of a knife
 I don't know what killed me, Lord, it might have been life
 I had a few children, wrote a few songs
 I got some of it right and a lot of it wrong
 I bought a few houses, a few boats, a few cars
 Being a ghost you might as well be on Mars
 ('Cause you're so far out)
 Being a ghost, yeah, you're just in between
 Each and every day of the year's Halloween
 Hanging around, but you're not really there
 You're hovering over your own old easy chair
 Lord, I was hoping for heaven, yeah, that would've been swell
 'Cause being a ghost, ah, is like being in hell
 You're hungry and you're tired and you can't get no rest
 And though I'd settle for heaven, oblivion would be best
 I've been flying around, rattling chains
 Appearing in mirrors just to make you insane
 Making those noises in your house late at night
 Yeah, I got to haunt you even though it ain't right
 My old dog, he misses me so
 To the beach, to the dog park, he don't wanna go
 He lies there, waiting at the foot of my bed
 Because he knows I'm right there, even though I'm dead