Worth noting that its from a long lineage of songs about ghosts coming back to help people - its from this genre of story that the band Grateful Dead got their name, when a member randomly picked it out in a dictionary.
A major, direct successor to this song is Stan Rıdgway's 80s hit Camoflage, where he transposes Big Joe to the marine of the same name. That song should never be listened to without hearing this one, which came first.
Worth noting that its from a long lineage of songs about ghosts coming back to help people - its from this genre of story that the band Grateful Dead got their name, when a member randomly picked it out in a dictionary.
A major, direct successor to this song is Stan Rıdgway's 80s hit Camoflage, where he transposes Big Joe to the marine of the same name. That song should never be listened to without hearing this one, which came first.