Cover art for Ghosts (Early Version) by Michael Jackson

Ghosts (Early Version)

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Ghosts (Early Version) Lyrics

[Intro]
*Opera singing*

[Verse 1]
There's a ghost up in the dark
And a ghoul, up on the bed
But I gotta find [?] safe
There, a ghost up on the stairs
And there's nothing in the walls
There's a ghoul I can't unsee
There's a ghost up on the sheet

[Refrain]
Don't understand it
Hey, ey
Don't understand it!

[Verse 2]
Un na da na na na dark
Un na da na na na there
Un na da na na na there
Un na da na na na day
Un na da na na na dark
Un na da na na na dark
Un na da na na na dark
[Refrain]
Don't understand it
Hey!
Don't understand it

[Chorus]
And who gave you the right to {?} my family?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And who gave you the right to {?} my family?
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, arе you the ghost of jealousy?

[Verse 3]
Un na da na na na dark
Un na da na na na therе
Un na da na na na there
Un na da na na na day
Un na da na na na dark
Un na da na na na dark
Un na da na na na dark

[Refrain]
Don't understand it!
Hey!
Don't understand it
[Chorus]
Who gave you the right to {?} my family?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And w ho gave you the right to {?} my family?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And who gave you the right to {?} my family?
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, are you the ghost of jealousy?

Who gave you the right to {?} my family?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And w ho gave you the right to {?} my family?
And who gave you the right to blame my baby, she [?] me
And who gave you the right to {?} my family?
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, are you the ghost of jealousy?

[Outro]
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, are you the ghost of jealousy?

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Genius Annotation

This version of Ghosts was recorded in 1994 during the HIStory sessions but did not appear on the final tracklist. A scratch session featuring vocals from the demo and the instrumental from the final version was leaked on 2017.

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