From the recording Short Stories
TK/Michael Lille/Tom Prasada-Rao
©1998
Michael and TPR were in my living room on Cambridge Avenue playing a samba-like groove, and I thought to show them an idea I’d had on my mind. My girlfriend had moved away, and I often felt her presence, like I was indeed living with her ghost. We slipped over to my dining room table and wrote it in one sitting.
Lyrics
I go out walking and you follow me
I feel your shadow at my back
You’re supposed to be a memory
But no one’s satisfied with that
You left to find another life
On another coast
You disappear and I’m still here
Living with your ghost
I concede impossibility
But I guess I fell too far
I can say this hurt don’t bother me
But I can’t conceal the scar
I know better but my heart just won’t listen
Cause I can’t get you out of my system
I hear you breathing when I close my eyes
I see you leaving on the train
I hear your laughter on the street outside
I see you dancing in the rain
Time should bring an end to things
But we go on and on
And I should be back on my feet
But I’m not that strong
I concede impossibility
But I guess I fell too far
I can say this hurt don’t bother me
But I can’t conceal the scar
I know better but my heart just won’t listen
Cause I can’t get you out of my system
I’m not saying I’m not crazy
I’ve been that from the start
But I can’t see how to let you go
When I’m still right here in the dark
Time should bring an end to things
But we go on and on
And I should be back on my feet
But I’m not that strong
I concede impossibility
But I guess I fell too far
I can say this hurt don’t bother me
But I can’t conceal the scar
I know better but my heart just won’t listen
Cause I can’t get you out of my system
I know better but my heart just won’t listen
Cause I can’t get you out of my system
words & music: Tom Kimmel, Michael Lille & Tom Prasada-Rao
©1998 Chrysalis Music / Drala Music (ASCAP) / Downstream Lean Music (BMI) / Simple Gift Music (ASCAP)