Kim Carnes

Songwriter: Kim Carnes

Producer: Joey Carbone Kim Carnes

When the wind blows cold
And the river swells
And the new moon is golden white
When the walls grow thin
It's the state I'm in
You'll just have to excuse me tonight

I'm just checkin' out the ghosts
Checkin' out the ghosts

We wake the beast
When we stir the fire
And we just can't let it be
After all these years
I still want you near
And it runs bone deep

I'm just checkin' out the ghosts
Seeing if they're still here
Hidin' in the closet
'Cause it's heavy in here

Checkin' out the ghosts
I'm just checkin' out the ghosts

I'm just checkin' out the ghosts
Seeing if they're still here
Hidin' in the closet
Weighing down the air
Checkin' out the ghosts
Sleeping in my bed
Running down my back
Messing up my head
I'm just checkin' out the ghosts
Checkin' out the ghosts
I'm just checkin' out the ghosts

Kim Carnes (born July 20, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, she began her career as a songwriter in the 1960s, writing for other artists while performing in local clubs and working as a session background singer with the famed Waters sisters (featured in the documentary 20 Feet from Stardom). After she signed her first publishing deal with Jimmy Bowen, she released her debut album Rest on Me in 1972. Carnes' self-titled second album primarily contained self-penned songs, including her first charting single “You’re a Part of Me”, which reached No. 35 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart in 1975. In the following year, Carnes released Sailin', which featured “Love Comes from Unexpected Places”. The song won the American Song Festival and the award for Best Composition at the Tokyo Song Festival in 1976.

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