He was smiling through his own personal hellDropped his last dime down a wishing wellBut he was hoping too closeAnd then he fellNow heâs Casper the friendly ghostHe was always polite to the people whoâd tell himThat he was nothing but a lazy bumBut goodbye to them he had to goNow heâs Casper the friendly ghostNo one never treated him niceWhile he was aliveYou canât buy no respectLike the librarian saidBut everybody respects the deadThey love the friendly ghostAnd now they say weâll never forgetWhat he learned usWe were mean to himBut he never burnt usAnd love lives foreverthanks to you â the friendly ghost**And so the legend grewAnd all the people that he knewGo and spread the news ofCasper the friendly ghost