[Verse 1]

Whispering

Hear the ghosts in the moonlight

Sorrow doing a new dance

Through their bones, through their skin

[Verse 2]

Listening

To the souls in the fool's night

Fumbling mutely with their rude hands

And there's heartache without end

[Chorus]

See the father bent in grief

The mother dressed in mourning

Sister crumbles, and the neighbors grumble

The preacher issues warnings

[Verse 3]

History

Little miss didn't do right

Went and ruined all the true plans

Such a shame. Such a sin

[Verse 4]

Mystery

Home alone on a school night

Harvest moon over the blue land

Summer longing on the wind

[Chorus]

Had a sweetheart on his knees

So faithful and adoring

And he touched me. And I let him love me

So let that be my story

[Verse 5]

Listening

For the hope, for the new life

Something beautiful, a new chance

Hear its whispering there again