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Elvis Costello – Wise Up Ghost (2013) | Track profile | Dork

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Wise Up Ghost (And Other Songs)
Wise Up Ghost

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Wise Up Ghost

Release date: 17th September 2013

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About This Track

"Wise Up Ghost" is a track by Elvis Costello, from the album Wise Up Ghost (And Other Songs), released 17th September 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Elvis Costello

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Lyrics

Wise Up Ghost

[Verse 1]

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

[Chorus]

Wise up

When you gonna rise up?

Wise up ghost

Yield some sighs up

Wise up ghost

[Verse 2]

Go on your merry way now if you must

Fool's gold turns rivers into rust

Till you don't know who to trust

Wise up ghost

[Chorus]

Wise up

When you gonna rise up?

Wise up ghost

Yield some sighs up

Wise up ghost

[Verse 3]

Old woman living in a cardboard shoe

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

So say your prayers 'cause down the stairs it's 1932

Wise up ghost

[Verse 4]

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)

[Chorus]

Wise up

When you gonna rise up?

Wise up ghost

Yield some sighs up

Wise up ghost

[Verse 5]

Lost girl found on the radio

Down around Laredo

Go direct to hell you murdering so-and-so

Wise up ghost

[Verse 6]

Trapped within a house of feathers

Sitting in a shirt of wire

Howling at a wall of flowers

Saying, "Wise up ghost"

[Chorus]

Wise Up

When you gonna rise up?

Wise up ghost

Yield some sighs up

Wise up ghost

[Verse 7]

I walked along an iron pier

Where Rose's kisses turned to tears

Saltwater rushing over the pebbles under there

Wise up ghost

[Verse 8]

Last sigh of passion

Slipped into the room like an assassin

Glad tidings we bring for you and your king

Wise up ghost

[Chorus]

Wise up

When you gonna rise up?

Wise up ghost

Yield some sighs up

Wise up ghost

[Verse 9]

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

[Chorus]

Wise Up

When you gonna rise up?

Wise up ghost

Yield some sighs up

Wise up ghost

[Outro]

(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)

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Track details

From Wise Up Ghost (And Other Songs)

2013

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Album

Wise Up Ghost (And Other Songs)

Release year

2013

—Wise Up Ghost
—Walk Us Uptown
—My New Haunt
—Sugar Won't Work
—The Puppet Has Cut His Strings
—Can You Hear Me?
—Wake Me Up
—Cinco Minutos Con Vos
—Tripwire
—Come the Meantimes
—If I Could Believe
—Refuse to Be Saved
—Viceroy's Row
—(She Might Be A) Grenade
—Stick Out Your Tongue

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Writer: ?uestlove, Elvis Costello, Steve Mandel
Producer: ?uestlove, Elvis Costello, Steve Mandel