[Intro]
        

[Verse 1]
            
Well, I had me

             
 a boy, turned

          
 him into a ma

n
            
I showed him a

             
ll the things 

            
that he didn't

      
 understand
            
Whoa, and then

                 
 I let him go
             
Now, there's o

            
ne in Californ

              
ia who's been 

         
cursing my nam

e
            
'Cause I found

             
 me a better l

           
over in the UK

 
            
Hey, until I m

                   
ade my getaway

[Pre-Chorus]
        
One, two, thre

              
e, they gonna 

  
run back to me

              

  
'Cause I'm the best baby that they never gotta keep 
One, two, three, they gonna run back to me
          
They always wa

            
nna come, but 

         
they never wan

na leave

[Chorus]
            
Ex's and the o

              
h, oh, oh's th

              
ey haunt me
             
Like gho-o-ost

             
s they want me

              
 to make 'em a


ll
            
They won't let

 
 go
           
Ex's and oh's

       

  

[Verse 2]
            
I had a summer

             
 lover down in

     
 New Orleans
            
Kept him warm 

             
in the winter,

            
 left him froz

          
en in the spri

ng
            
My, my,    how

              
 the seasons g

     
o by
           
I get high, an

            
d I love to ge

  
t low
            
So the hearts 

             
keep breaking,

            
 and the heads

      
 just roll
            
You know    th

              
at's how the s

            
tory goes

[Pre-Chorus]
        
One, two, thre

              
e, they gonna 

    
run back to me

              

              

 
'Cause I'm the best baby that they never gotta keep
            
One, two, thre

              
e, they gonna 

run back to me
           
They always wa

.           
nna come, but 

         
they never wan

na leave 

[Chorus]
            
Ex's and the o

              
h, oh, oh's th

              
ey haunt me
             
Like gho-o-ost

             
s they want me

             
 to make 'em a

ll
             
They won't let

 
 go
             
My ex's and th

             
e oh, oh, oh's

                 
 they haunt me
             
Like gho-o-ost

             
s they want me

              
 to make 'em a


ll
             
They won't let

 
 go
           
Ex's and oh's

       

         

      

[Pre-Chorus]
        
One, two, thre

              
e, they gonna 

   
run back to me
            
Climbing over 

              
mountains and 

       
sailing over s

eas
            
One, two, thre

              
e, they gonna 

run back to me
           
They always wa

.           
nna come, but 

         
they never wan

na leave
             
My ex's and th

             
e oh, oh, oh's

                  
 they haunt me
             
Like gho-o-ost

             
s they want me

              
 to make 'em a


ll
             
They won't let

 
 go

[Chorus]
             
Ex's and the o

             
h, oh, oh's th

                 
ey haunt me
             
Like gho-o-ost

             
s they want me

              
 to make 'em a


ll
             
They won't let

 
 go
            
Ex's and oh's