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Wise Up Ghost

Elvis Costello, The Roots
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Last lion's roar before their tent I stood out in the glorious wind Knowing full well I can't go home again Wise up ghost Wise up When you gonna rise up? Wise up ghost View some size up Wise up ghost Go on your merry way now if you must Fool's gold turns river silt to rust Till you don't know who to trust Wise up ghost Wise up When you gonna rise up? Wise up ghost View some size up 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 'cause down the stairs it's 1932 Wise up ghost Gyrovols around a sparkling pole Stares into the mirrored wall Sees another woman walk into a marshy stall Wise up ghost Wise up When you gonna rise up? Wise up ghost View some size up Wise up ghost Lost girl found on the radio Down around the rail 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 water flowers Seeing wise up ghost Wise up When you gonna rise up? Wise up ghost View some size up Wise up ghost I walk along an iron field Where roses' kisses turn to tears Salt water rushing over the dead ones 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 you gonna rise up? Wise up ghost View some size up Wise up ghost Last lion's roar before their tent I stood out in the glorious wind Knowing full well I can't go home again Wise up ghost Wise up When you gonna rise up? Wise up ghost View some size up Wise up ghost