Michael Jackson

Songwriter: Michael Jackson Teddy Riley

Producer: Michael Jackson Teddy Riley

[Verse 1]
There's a ghost down in the hall
There's a ghoul upon the bed
There's something in the walls
There's blood up on the stairs
And it's floating through the room
And there's nothing I can see
I know This place is doomed
Because now it's haunting me

[Bridge]
I don't understand it
Hey
I don't understand it
OW

[Verse 2]
There's a tapping in the floor
There's a creak behind the door
There's a rocking in the chair
But there's no one sitting there
There's a ghostly smell around
But nobody to be found
And a coughing and a yawning
Where a restless soul is going

[Bridge]
I don't understand it
(Got a ghost, got a break in the walls)
Hey
(Got a ghoul, got a break in the halls)
Don't understand it
(Got a ghost, got a break in the walls)
(Got a ghoul, got a break in the halls)
(Got a ghost, got a break in the walls)
(Got a ghoul, got a break in the halls)
(Got a ghost, got a break in the walls)
(Got a ghoul, got a break in the halls)

[Chorus]
And who gave you the right to scare my family?
And who gave you the right to share my baby? She needs me
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, are you the ghost of jealousy?
The ghost of jealousy

[Verse 3]
There's a tapping in the floor
There's a creak behind the door
There's a rocking in the chair
But nobody's sitting there
There's a ghostly smell around
But nobody to be found
And a coffin inlay open
Where a restless soul is spoiling

[Bridge]
Don't understand it
(Got a ghost, got a break in the walls)
Yeah yeah
(Got a ghoul, got a break in the halls)
Don't understand it
(Got a ghost, got a break in the walls)
(Got a ghoul, got a break in the halls)

[Chorus]
And who gave you the right to scare my family?
And who gave you the right to share my baby? She needs me
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, are you the ghost of jealousy?
A suckin' ghost of jealousy
OW

[Outro]
And who gave you the right to scare my family?
And who gave you the right to share my baby? She needs me
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
And who gave you the right to take intrusion to see me?
And who gave you the right to hurt my family?
And who gave you the right hurt my baby? She needs me
And who gave you the right to shake my family tree?
You put a knife in my back, shot an arrow in me
Tell me, are you the ghost of jealousy?

Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Jackson began his career when he was seven years old as the lead singer of the Jackson 5, breaking into stardom in 1969 after signing into Motown. The Jackson 5’s first four singles all peaked at number one on the Billboard 100, and soon after Michael pursued a solo career.

His breakthrough fifth album, 1979’s Off The Wall produced four top ten hits (including “Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough”) and sold 20 million copies, establishing him as a household name. The album was followed with 1982’s Thriller, which became the best selling album of all time, and was the first album to feature seven top 10 singles, including “Billie Jean” and “Beat It.”

In 1985, Michael contributed to the collaboration single “We Are The World”, which remains one of the best-selling singles of all time and raised nearly $65 million for famine relief.

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