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Phantom of My Own Opera
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More Songs of Pain (1983),
Early Recordings Volume I (2003)
thanks to Judy
I'm the phantom of my own Opera
oh don't I know it
and I think of you, sweetheart
I'm lurking in the shadows
of my memory
we were going to have a circus in the bar
but the creature lurks among us
the ghost of our past
the gho-o-ost of our love
and if I had my own way
I always say that phrase
I thought it was a phase
but it wasn't
and so here I am
in my baggy-clown costume
perform any funny trick and throw a kiss
to the audience
and I'm wearing a mask
but you don't have to ask
who I'm thinking about
and there's a monkey in the background
hung by a rope from the ceiling
and I'm the villain, acting fierce
and stretching whiskers toothsomely
the phantom wears a black coat
long trousers and a derby
stands erect
and cracks the whip loudly
I'm the phantom of my own opera
I perform all the parts
and I think of you, sweetheart
I'm even the audience
and I can't help thinking
we were going to have a circus in the bar
can't pull the curtain
I can't help remembering
turn a somersault after singing a verse
and the song is never ending
and I never quit rehearsing
a performance of a sad and twisted art
and if I had my own way
I don't know what I'd do
I probably wish it was you
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Phantom of my own Opera (More Songs of Pain)
important corrections submitted by Judy - thanks,
Judy
I'm the phantom of my own Opera
C | E
oh don't I know it
F | D
and I think of you, sweetheart
C | G
C | G
I'm lurking in the shadows
C | E
of my memory
F | D
we were going to have a circus in the bar C |
G
C | G
but the creature lurks among us
C | E
the ghost of our past
F | D
the gho-o-ost of our love
C | G
C | G
and if I had my own way
G
I always say that phrase
C
I thought it was a phase
F C
but it wasn't
G
and so here I am
C | E
in my baggy-clown costume
F | D
perform any funny trick and throw a kiss
C | G
to the audience
C | G
and I'm wearing a mask
C | E
but you don't have to ask
F | D
who I'm thinking about
C | G
C | G
and there's a monkey in the background
C | E
hung by a rope from the ceiling
F | D
and I'm the villain, acting fierce]
C | G
and stretching whiskers toothsomely
C | G
the phantom wears a black coat
G
long trousers and a derby
C
stands erect
F C
and cracks the whip loudly
G
I'm the phantom of my own opera
C | E
I perform all the parts
F | D
and I think of you, sweetheart
C | G
C | G
I'm even the audience
C | E
and I can't help thinking
F | D
we were going to have a circus in the bar C |
G
C | G
can't pull the curtain
C | E
I can't help remembering
F | D
turn a somersault after singing a verse
C | G
C | G
and the song is never ending
C | E
and I never quit rehearsing
F | D
a performance of a sad and twisted art
C | G
C | G
and if I had my own way
G
I don't know what I'd do
C
I probably wish it was you
F C | G_
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