The Phantom       [ previous song / next song ]

written by Andrew Webber, Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe, and Mike Batt; scientific lyrics by Greg Crowther

Craig Chin: electric guitar | Lori DeGloria: phantom vocals | Gretchen Ludwig: backing vocals | Diane Mapes: keyboard | Do: drum programming, electronics, vocoder | Kirk L. Van Scoyoc: scientist vocals

Transparent as the wind | That chills my spine, | She lurks inside the lab, | This ghost of mine. | And, buffered heavily | With PO4, | The phantom of the copper coil is there | In the magnet bore. | Each new experiment | Must be rehearsed. | Before you test a man, | You test me first. | You try your protocols | Until I’m sore. | The phantom of the copper coil is there | In the magnet bore. | I think the pulse will work... | I call your bluff. | You’re not a man, you know. | I’m close enough. | And though you wish that I | Could be ignored, | The phantom of the copper coil is there | In the magnet bore.