Ghost Registry Video (MV)

[Verse 1]
Down at the courthouse, papers in my name
Daddy's signature missing, ain't that a crying shame
Just a blank space where blood should be
Ghost in the system, that's all I'll ever be

[Chorus]
I'm in the ghost registry, ain't listed as his son
Ghost registry, paper trail comes undone
Ghost registry, mama told me late one night
Ghost registry, something just ain't right

[Verse 2]
Another family cross the sea
Living proper while I'm history
Found their photos, all dressed in white
While I'm scratching pennies, staying out of sight
Lord have mercy on a shadow child
These blues keep burning, driving me wild

[Bridge]
Bureaucrats stamping my life away
Black ink bleeding on a form today
Half a story, half a lie
Half a man wondering why

[Verse 3]
Singapore lights burning bright
While I'm here drowning in the night
Daddy's got two sets of keys
One for them, none for me
Empty mailbox, empty heart
Been torn apart from the start

[Chorus]
I'm in the ghost registry, ain't listed as his son
Ghost registry, paper trail comes undone
Ghost registry, mama told me late one night
Ghost registry, something just ain't right

[Outro]
They say blood's thicker than water
But paper's thinner than them both
Just a ghost in the margins
Of somebody else's oath
Lord knows, Lord knows
I'm just a ghost in these blues