I opened my eyes this morning, looked through my window outside   Suddenly something took me away by surprise   Veil on the skyline, written in broad daylight   My own name was there, how it gave me a terrible fright      Yeah, yeah, phantom writer   My name's in the sky   Yeah, yeah, phantom writer   Why? Why, oh, why?   Phantom writer   Tell me you're real or are you alive?      Like a sunrise, eat my home bread sign   And all too soon, I can get to fade the lines   Coming hopes, as I felt my mood fading away   Now I'm somewhere, screaming out in the day      Yeah, yeah, phantom writer   My name's in the sky   Yeah, yeah, phantom writer   Why? Why, oh, why?   Phantom writer   Know that you're in, there's love in your eyes      Yeah      Yeah, yeah, phantom writer   My name's in the sky   Yeah, yeah, phantom writer   Why? Why, oh, why?