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
And I know that that’s the truth
Because now it’s onto me
I don’t understand it
Hey
I don’t understand it!
Ow
There’s a tappin’ 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 coughin’ and a yawnin’
Where a restless soul is going
Don’t understand it
Hey!
Don’t understand it
Hey
And who gave you the right to shake my family?
And who gave you the right to shake 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
There’s a tappin 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 coughin’ and a yawnin’
Where a restless soul is going
Don’t understand it!
Yeah Yeah!
Don’t understand it!
Your just a dog gone!
Ow!
And who gave you the right to scare my family?
And who gave you the right to scare 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 shake my family?
And who gave you the right to 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
A suckin’ ghost of jealousy
Ow!
And who gave you the right to shake my family?
And who gave you the right to shake 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
The ghost of jealousy
Ow
Dog gone
But there’s no doubt about it, piece of mind
Tell me are you the ghost of jealousy
Written and Composed by Michael Jackson and Teddy Riley
© 1996 Mijac Music (BMI) All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)/Zomba Enterprises, Inc. and Donril Music (All rights for Donril Music administered by Zomba Enterprises Inc.) (ASCAP)
Produced by Michael Jackson for MJJ Productions Inc., and Teddy Riley
Engineered by Teddy Riley and Eddie De Lena
Mixed by Dave Way
Solo & Background Vocals: Michael Jackson
Vocal Arrangement by Michael Jackson
Keyboards and Synthesizers: Teddy Riley, Brad Buxer, and Doug Grigsby
Drum Programming: Matt Carpenter, Doug Grigsby, Andrew Scheps, Rob Hoffman, and Alex Breuer
Studios: Future Records (Virginia Beach, VA), The Hit Factory (N.Y.), Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA), Diederdierk Studio (Cologne, Germany), Wisseidorf Studio (Amsterdam), Air Studios (Lyndhurst), and Larrabee Studios (L.A.)
Additional Engineering by Bobby Brooks, Matt Forger, Andrew Scheps, Armand Volker, and Albert Boekholt
Assistant Engineers: Tony Black, Mike Scotell, Greg Collins, Gerd Krenz, Patrick Ulenberg, Paul Dicato, Andy Strange, Rob Hoffman, and Tom Bender