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 Travieso
Ella llegó bailando justo ante mis ojos
Dijo que venía a advertirme
Antes de que me diera cuenta
Salí a caminar por la ladera vacía
Donde cae el atardecer
Donde muere el atardecer
Ella me dio amor, me dijo mentiras
Ese fantasma tan travieso
Estaba disfrazada, estaba disfrazada, estaba disfrazada.
Él empezó a silbar, le compraron una flauta
Hablaba en lenguas, juraban que era mudo
Se burlaba y blasfemaba, decían que era hermoso
Se le cayó un botón, le compraron una maleta llena
Lo pintaron de grillo y lo apretaron fuerte
Mientras dibujaba sus días resucitaba sus noches
Deliraba en la oscuridad, salía en llamas
'Ahí lo tienes', decían, 'no sirve para nada y es perezoso'
Con escándalo y vergüenza difamaron su nombre
Le dijeron que se congelara, lo condenaron a asarse
Decepcionados de que falleciera pacíficamente
Nunca intentando ser un fantasma travieso
Lo desenterraron rápido, lo pulieron y lustraron
Lo empolvaron hasta que solo parecía enfermo
La bisagra de su columna se doblaba ante los aplausos
Pero su baile no era tan animado, por supuesto
Estas son las recompensas que la inmortalidad otorga
Acosado, sobornado y golpeado hasta la dicha
Pantalones de Harrods y lamentos tormentosos
De irse y no ser extrañado
Con escándalo y vergüenza difamaron su nombre
Le dijeron que se congelara, lo condenaron a asarse
Decepcionados de que falleciera pacíficamente
Nunca muriendo para ser un fantasma travieso
Con la cerveza verde y los tatuajes de tréboles
Cantando sus canciones de las batallas que perdemos
Y ¿cuándo volverás a casa para poder asesinarte?
¿Qué harías si se tomaran su palabra?
Con cuarenta y ocho millones para unirse al brindis
Hazte a un lado, mi amor
Fantasma travieso
Fantasma travieso