(she Might Be A) Grenade Lyrics - Wise Up Ghost - Elvis Costello & The Roots

She's pulling out the pin 

That lets her hair fall down 

She's pulling out the pin 

She shakes her head 

And it goes tumbling 

Her smile was out of place 

So she swept it off her face 

Let me find the words and say them 

Like some softly whispered "Amen" 

But she starts to pull away 

And the lights begin to dim 

Is she thinking of me? 

Or is she thinking of him? 

She's pulling out the pin... 

She's slipping off the hook 

Unbuttoning her dress 

She's slipping off the hook 

There's just enough to make some man a mess 

She tears away the veil 

With her fingernails 

She came out high and kicking 

While the band played "Hey, Good Looking" 

Do you hear something ticking? 

Did somebody tell her she could really be redeemed? 

And could she actually be as desperate as she seems? 

She's tearing at the seams 

She's going to extremes 

Nobody told her it was a sin 

So she's pulling out the pin 

She's taping up her hands just like a boxer will 

And they started laughing 

But if looks could kill 

She'd take them down right now 

She's covering her mouth 

With some unholy vow 

There's nothing more to say 

This is her wedding day 

Full of shattered glass and mayhem 

Not some softly whispered "Amen" 

While the shock announcement dawns 

And the smoke begins to thin 

Where the world without ends 

And the next one begins 

She's pulling out the pin 

She's pulling out the pin 

She's pulling out the pin 

She's pulling out the pin