Mischievous Ghost Lyrics - Elvis Costello

She came dancing right before my eyes 

She said, she'd came to warn me 

Before it dawned on me 

I went walking on the blank hillside 

Where the sunset falls, where the sunset dies 

She gave me love, she told me lies 

That most mischievous ghost 

She was in disguise, she was in disguise, she was in disguise 

He started to whistle, they bought him a flute 

He was talking in tongues, they swore he was mute 

He scoffed and blasphemed, they said it was beautiful 

Busted a button, they bought him a suitcase full 

They colored him cricket and laced him up tight 

As he drew on their days resurrected his nights 

He raved in the dark, he went out in a blaze 

"There you go," they said, "He's good for nothing and lazy" 

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With scandal and shame they slandered his name 

They told him to freeze, they damned him to roast 

Disappointed that he passed away peacefully 

Never [unverified] to be a mischievous ghost 

They dug him up quick with a polish and lick 

They powdered him up till he only looked sick 

The hinge in his backbone would bend to applause 

But his dancing was not quite as lively of course 

These are the rewards immortality affords 

Bullied and bribed and beaten to bliss 

[Unverified] and tormental laments 

Of going away and not being missed 

With scandal and shame they slandered his name 

They told him to freeze, they damned him to roast 

Disappointed that he passed away peacefully 

Never dying to be a mischievous ghost 

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With the green beer and the shamrock tattoos 

Singing his songs of the battles we lose 

And [unverified] you come home again so we can murder you 

What would you do if they took his word 

With forty-eight million to join in the toast 

Move over my darling 

Mischievous ghost 

Mischievous ghost