Hora Decubitus

Siren is bending, the radio humming,
Sun is breaking through and the storm is coming
The score is obscure, the melody fractured
It went by my window
Refused to be captured

I hope that I wake up in time

Good King Neptune came flipping up my street
He was a sad case tripping up the staircase
Friends and relations are laughing at my head
Gathered like crows at the end of my bed

I hope that I wake up in time

If you can't or can't quite
Think again
You can't fight
That you might
Not be smite
If it's wrong, it's not right
I say it once and I'll say it again
Now and forever and ever, amen

Siren is bending, the radio is humming,
Who do you love now and who are you damning?
The score is obscure and the melody fractured
The bird by my window refused to be captured

I hope I wake up in time

If you can or can't quite
Think again
You can't fight
That you might
Not be smite
If it's wrong, it's not right
I'll say it once and I'll say it again
Life is a beautiful thing

I've said it before
I can't say it much more
Life is a beautiful thing

Hora Decubitus (Live 2004)
Words by	Elvis Costello
Music by	Charles Mingus
Performed by	Elvis Costello with The Metropole Orkest
Produced by	Gert-Jan van den Dolder
Arranged by	Mike Mossman, adapted by Joan Reinders
Musicians	Elvis Costello - vocal Steve Nieve - piano The Metropole Orkest Vince Mendoza - conductor Ruud Breuls - trumpet solo Bart van Lier - trombone solo Leo Janssen - tenor saxophone solo Peter Tiehuis - guitar solo
Recorded	July 9, 2004, The Hague, Netherlands
Released	January 13, 2006
Albums	My Flame Burns Blue, 2006
Length	5:44