Wise Up Ghost Lyrics - Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello & The Roots

Last lions roar before they're tamed 

I stood out in the glorious reign 

Knowing full well I can't go home again 

Wise Up Ghost 

Wise Up 

When are you going to rise up? 

Wise Up Ghost 

Yield some sighs up 

Wise Up Ghost 

Go on your merry way now if you must 

Fool's Gold turns rivets into rust 

'Til you don't know who to trust 

Wise Up Ghost 

Wise Up 

When are you going to rise up? 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Yield some sighs up (Wise Up Ghost) 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Old woman living in a cardboard shoe 

Lost so many souls, she don't know what to do 

So, say your prayers 'cos down the stairs it's 1932 

Wise Up Ghost 

She revolves around a sparkling pole 

Stares into the mirrored wall 

Sees another woman walking through a market stall 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up 

When are you going to rise up? 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Yield some sighs up (Wise Up Ghost) 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Lost girl found on the radio 

Down around Larado 

Go direct to hell you murdering so-and-so 

Wise Up Ghost 

Trapped within a House of Feathers 

Sitting in a Shirt of Wire 

Howling at a Wall of Flowers 

Saying "Wise Up Ghost" 

Wise Up 

When are you going to rise up? 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Yield some sighs up (Wise Up Ghost) 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

I walked along an iron pier 

Where Rose's kisses turned to tears 

Saltwater rushing over the pebbles under there 

Wise Up Ghost 

Last sigh of passion 

Slipped into the room like an assassin 

Glad tidings we bring 

For you and your King 

Wise Up Ghost 

Wise Up 

When are you going to rise up? 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Yield some sighs up (Wise Up Ghost) 

Wise Up Ghost (Wise Up Ghost) 

Last lions roar before they're tamed 

I stood out in the glorious reign 

Knowing full well I can't go home again 

Wise Up Ghost 

Wise Up 

When are you going to rise up? 

Wise Up Ghost 

Yield some sighs up 

Wise Up Ghost 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

Wise Up Ghost 

(She's pulling out the pin) 

She's pulling out the pin 

She's pulling out the pin 

She's pulling out the pin