Death of the Ghostwriter
John Wesley Harding
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The ghostwriter sits at home Paid for his trouble And he's laughing at the light That shines on fame Nothing can be shared He's no-one's equal or double Money talks And no-one ever says his name She signs every book With a flourish of fulfillment And some red ink from a pen He knew she stole Now she's on Kaleidoscope And someone says she's Milton When she didn't even read the book Or so he's told Riding on a ghost train to a ghost town An of-our-lives-we-made-less-than-the-most-town Once you get in, you cannot turn around The ghostwriter's found So he sits at home Where he writes his little novel About the wicked winning out Without remorse They find him half-alive In his half-house that's half a hovel And his final words are "Tell her, we are now divorced, of course Hey you sad-sack hacks And all you back-room boys beware They'll buy you up Like diamonds and fur Then spit you out like coffee grounds That fell through the filter And say "The book could not have been written without her" Riding on a ghost train to a ghost town A Your-check-is-coming-in-the-post-town Once you get in, you cannot turn around She has found The ghost of the ghostwriter Noticed by no-one It was his choice So he's paying for it now Deadlines and death taxes All that's waiting for us Wake up and sell the coffee Milk the profits, kill the cow It's coming on 2000, lads Anything's allowed (And how) (Your life is turning into toast town)
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