Mischievous Ghost
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 coloured 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"
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 [trying/dying] 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
[Harrington slacks/Harrods in slacks] 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
With the green beer and the shamrock tattoos
Singing his songs of the battles we lose
And [when/will] 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
Fantasma Travesso
Ela veio dançando bem na minha frente
Disse que veio me avisar
Antes que eu percebesse
Fui caminhando na colina vazia
Onde o sol se põe
Onde o sol se apaga
Ela me deu amor, me contou mentiras
Aquele fantasma travesso
Ela estava disfarçada, estava disfarçada, estava disfarçada.
Ele começou a assobiar, compraram uma flauta pra ele
Ele falava em línguas, juraram que ele era mudo
Ele zombou e blasfemou, disseram que era lindo
Estourou um botão, compraram uma mala cheia
Pintaram ele de grilo e apertaram bem
Enquanto ele vivia os dias, ressuscitava as noites
Ele delirava no escuro, saiu em chamas
"Olha só," disseram, "ele não serve pra nada e é preguiçoso"
Com escândalo e vergonha, difamaram seu nome
Disseram pra ele congelar, o condenaram a assar
Desapontados que ele partiu em paz
Nunca querendo ser um fantasma travesso
Desenterraram ele rápido com um polido e um lambe-lambe
Puseram pó nele até ele parecer doente
A dobradiça na coluna dele se curvava pra aplausos
Mas sua dança não era tão animada, claro
Esses são os prêmios que a imortalidade oferece
Acosado, subornado e espancado até a felicidade
Calças Harrington e lamentos tormentosos
De ir embora e não ser sentido
Com escândalo e vergonha, difamaram seu nome
Disseram pra ele congelar, o condenaram a assar
Desapontados que ele partiu em paz
Nunca morrendo pra ser um fantasma travesso
Com a cerveja verde e as tatuagens de trevo
Cantando suas músicas das batalhas que perdemos
E quando você vai voltar pra que possamos te matar
O que você faria se tirassem sua palavra
Com quarenta e oito milhões pra brindar
Afaste-se, meu amor
Fantasma travesso
Fantasma travesso
Composição: Elvis Costello