wise up ghost
costello, elvis
last lions roar before they're tamed
i stood out in the glorious reign
knowing full well i can't go home again
when are you going to rise up?
go on your merry way now if you must
fool's gold turns rivets into rust
'til you don't know who to trust
when are you going to rise up?
old woman living in a cardboard shoe
she don't know what to do
say your prayers 'cos down the stairs it's 1932
she revolves around a sparkling pole
stares into the mirrored wall
sees another woman walking through a market stall
when are you going to rise up?
lost girl found on the radio
go direct to hell you murdering so-and-so
trapped within a house of feathers
sitting in a shirt of wire
howling at a wall of flowers