He was smiling through his own personal hell Dropped his last dime in a wishing well But he was hoping too close and then he fell Now he's Casper, the friendly ghost He was always polite to the people who'd tell him That he was nothing but a lazy bum But goodbye to them he had to go Now he's Casper, the friendly ghost Nobody treated him nice while he was alive You can't buy no respect like the librarian said But everybody respects the dead They love the friendly ghost And now they say we'll never forget What he learned us We were mean to him But he never burnt us And love lives forever Thank you – the friendly ghost Thank you – the friendly ghost