Elvis Costello Ascension Day Lyrics

Ascension Day Lyrics

Not a soul was stirrin'

Not a bird was singin'

Least not within my hearin'

I was five minutes past carin'

Standing in the road just starin'



Thought I heard somebody pleadin'

Thought I heard someone apologize

Some fell down weepin'



Others shook their fists up at the skies

And those who were left

Seemed to be wearing disguises



Now there's a queen in waitin'

Not enough lovin' and too much hatin'

Was the prince hidden within her man?

Always seems to be hesitatin'



He said, "Let her go, let her go, God bless her

She hasn't been gone long enough for me to miss her

Except every minute of every hour of every day

When I wish I could possess her"



40 days passed by, 40 alibis

So carry on that way

And in time you'll pay

But we'll all be together

Come Ascension Day



Not a hound was howlin'

Or whimperin' or prowlin'

Now the wind had departed

Not a leaf was hangin' on the tree

Like when it started



But I know they will return

Like they've never gone away

Come Ascension Day