Ophelia (Live Version)
Natalie Merchant"Ophelia (Live Version)" is a song by Natalie Merchant, released in 1999 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:46 long and contains 45 lines and 192 words.
Lyrics
0:00Ophelia (Live) - Natalie Merchant
0:16Ophelia was a bride of God
0:21A novice carmelite
0:26In sister cells
0:27The cloister bells tolled on her wedding night
0:34Ophelia was the rebel girl
0:37A blue stockting suffragette
0:41Who remedied society between her cigarettes
0:50And Ophelia was the sweetheart
0:53To a nation overnight
0:58Curvaceous thighs
1:01Vivacious eyes
1:03Love was at first sight
1:06Love was at first sight
1:15Love
1:24Ophelia was a demigoddess in pre-war babylon
1:31So statuesque a silhouette
1:36In black satin evening gowns
1:40Ophelia was the mistress to
1:44A vegas gambling man
1:48Signora Ophelia maraschina
1:52Mafia courtesan
1:57Ophelia was the circus queen
2:00The female cannonball
2:04Boy's projected through five flaming hoops
2:08To wild and shocked applause
2:11To wild and shocked applause
2:20Hey
2:29Ophelia was a tempest cyclone
2:34A goddamn hurricane
2:37Your common sense your best defense
2:41They wasted and in vain
2:46For Ophelia know your every woe
2:50And every pain you'd ever had
2:54She'd sympathize
2:57She dry your eyes
2:59Help you to forget
3:02And help you to forget
3:11And help you to forget
3:21Ophelia's mind went wandering
3:24You'd wonder where she goes
3:28Through secret doors down corridors
3:32She wanders there alone
3:37All alone
3:46All alone
Ophelia (Live) - Natalie Merchant Ophelia was a bride of God A novice carmelite In sister cells The cloister bells tolled on her wedding night Ophelia was the rebel girl A blue stockting suffragette Who remedied society between her cigarettes And Ophelia was the sweetheart To a nation overnight Curvaceous thighs Vivacious eyes Love was at first sight Love was at first sight Love Ophelia was a demigoddess in pre-war babylon So statuesque a silhouette In black satin evening gowns Ophelia was the mistress to A vegas gambling man Signora Ophelia maraschina Mafia courtesan Ophelia was the circus queen The female cannonball Boy's projected through five flaming hoops To wild and shocked applause To wild and shocked applause Hey Ophelia was a tempest cyclone A goddamn hurricane Your common sense your best defense They wasted and in vain For Ophelia know your every woe And every pain you'd ever had She'd sympathize She dry your eyes Help you to forget And help you to forget And help you to forget Ophelia's mind went wandering You'd wonder where she goes Through secret doors down corridors She wanders there alone All alone All alone
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