Once I was a very young man, and very young men are none too clever
Sailed across to faraway lands
And faraway towns of tin and terror
Ran ‘em up in a strip called love
Lost my mind in the streets of neon
Now I'm coming on back
Help me up move right, left foot forward

Oh, we had a merry old time, but merry old times don't count for nothing
Cocaine, song and women and wine
Memories blur and they make me shudder
Bed in the morning, eight, four, five
Couple of days to get my head off
Now I'm coming on back
Help me up move right left foot forward

To gho gho gho gho-gho gho gho gho
I'm troubled by gho gho gho gho-gho gho gho ghosts in heaven
Oooo-ooo-oooooo-oooo

Far below the shiniest stars
But shiniest stars won't shine for ever
Take your soul and you can go far
If you don't fall from grace of favor
Golden weights are those who star
You can take now and I'll take never
Now I'm coming on back
Help me up move right left foot forward

To gho gho gho gho-gho gho gho gho
I'm troubled by gho gho gho gho-gho gho gho ghosts in heaven
Gho gho gho gho-gho gho gho gho
I'm troubled by gho gho gho gho-gho gho gho ghosts in heaven
Oooo oooh oooooo oo
Oooo oooh ooooo

Soon I'll be a very old man, and very old men they dream of summers
Spent with falls in faraway clans
While hometown crowd sing hymns of courage
Ran ‘em up in a stri? called love
Lost my mind in the streets of neon
Now I'm coming on home
Help me up move right left foot forward