Released: March 6, 1995
Songwriter: B.A. Robertson Mike Rutherford
Producer: Christopher Neil Mike Rutherford
It was an unbelievable night
She was an unremarkable girl
You may not call it poetry
But it changed my world
It was an unforgettable dawn
She was an indisputable fact
Even if I could have
I might not have it back
It's an unexceptional day
She's an unavoidable truth
Uncompromised elation
Suspended since my youth
It's an unforgivable lie
I have nothing in my defence
There can be no forgiveness
To caution this descent
It wasn't in a dream
A film or on TV
This was really happening
Happening to me
Though I may protest
Suggest I never knew
The ghost comes back to haunt me
The ghost of sex and you
I held her hand outside the hotel
Kissed her mouth in the back of the car
Whether fact or fantasy
I knew we'd gone too far
I feel her breath on the back of my neck
She's lying naked here on the floor
Wrap the sheet around her
Disappear beyond the door
It wasn't in a dream
A film or on TV
This was really happening
Happening to me
Though I may protest
Suggest I never knew
The ghost comes back to haunt me
The ghost of sex and you
It was an unbelievable night
She was an unremarkable girl
You may not call it poetry
But it changed my world
The ghost of sex and you
It was an unforgettable dawn
She was an indisputable fact
Even if I could have
I might not have it back
Sex and you
It's an unexceptional day
She's an unavoidable truth
Uncompromised elation
Suspended since my youth
Sex and you
It's an unforgivable lie
I have nothing in my defence
There can be no forgiveness
To caution this descent
The ghost of sex and you
She was an unremarkable girl
You may not call it poetry
But it changed my world
It was an unforgettable dawn
She was an indisputable fact
Even if I could have
I might not have it back
It's an unexceptional day
She's an unavoidable truth
Uncompromised elation
Suspended since my youth
It's an unforgivable lie
I have nothing in my defence
There can be no forgiveness
To caution this descent
It wasn't in a dream
A film or on TV
This was really happening
Happening to me
Though I may protest
Suggest I never knew
The ghost comes back to haunt me
The ghost of sex and you
I held her hand outside the hotel
Kissed her mouth in the back of the car
Whether fact or fantasy
I knew we'd gone too far
I feel her breath on the back of my neck
She's lying naked here on the floor
Wrap the sheet around her
Disappear beyond the door
It wasn't in a dream
A film or on TV
This was really happening
Happening to me
Though I may protest
Suggest I never knew
The ghost comes back to haunt me
The ghost of sex and you
It was an unbelievable night
She was an unremarkable girl
You may not call it poetry
But it changed my world
The ghost of sex and you
It was an unforgettable dawn
She was an indisputable fact
Even if I could have
I might not have it back
Sex and you
It's an unexceptional day
She's an unavoidable truth
Uncompromised elation
Suspended since my youth
Sex and you
It's an unforgivable lie
I have nothing in my defence
There can be no forgiveness
To caution this descent
The ghost of sex and you
more tracks from the album
Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- Web of Lies
- Someone Always Hates Someone
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me
- The Ghost of Sex and You
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Going Going.... Home
- A House of Many Rooms
- Over My Shoulder
- Something to Believe In
- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- Mea Culpa
- Plain and Simple
From the album
- Beggar on a Beach of Gold (1995)
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- Why Me?
- Get Up
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)
- Black & Blue
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Stop Baby
- Always Listen to Your Heart
- If I Were You
- Something to Believe In
- Ain’t That Peculiar
- The Way You Look at Me
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)