Phantom Of My Own Opera – Daniel Johnston – letras

I’m the phantom of my own Operaoh don’t I know itand I think of you, sweetheartI’m lurking in the shadowsof my memorywe were going to have a circus in the barbut the creature lurks among usthe ghost of our pastthe gho-o-ost of our loveand if I had my own wayI always say that phraseI thought it was a phasebut it wasn’tand so here I amin my baggy-clown costumeperform any funny trick and throw a kissto the audienceand I’m wearing a maskbut you don’t have to askwho I’m thinking aboutand there’s a monkey in the backgroundhung by a rope from the ceilingand I’m the villain, acting fierceand stretching whiskers toothsomelythe phantom wears a black coatlong trousers and a derbystands erectand cracks the whip loudlyI’m the phantom of my own operaI perform all the partsand I think of you, sweetheartI’m even the audienceand I can’t help thinkingwe were going to have a circus in the barcan’t pull the curtainI can’t help rememberingturn a somersault after singing a verseand the song is never endingand I never quit rehearsinga performance of a sad and twisted artand if I had my own wayI don’t know what I’d doI probably wish it was you