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Ophelia Lyrics


Ophelia was a bride of God
A novice Carmelite
In sister cells the cloister bells
Tolled on her wedding nightOphelia was the rebel girl
A blue stocking suffragette
Who remedied society
Between her cigarettesAnd Ophelia was the sweetheart
To a nation overnight
Curvaceous thighs, vivacious eyes
Love was at first sight, love was at first sight
LoveOphelia was a demi-goddess
In pre-war babylon
So statuesque a silhouette
In black satin evening gownsOphelia was the mistress to
A vegas gambling man
Signora Ophelia Maraschino
Mafia courtesanOphelia was the circus queen
The female cannonball

Projected through five flaming hoops
To wild and shocked applause
To wild and shocked applauseOphelia was a tempest cyclone
A goddamn hurricane
Your common sense, your best defense
They wasted and in vainFor Ophelia'd know your every woe
And every pain you'd ever had
She'd sympathize and dry your eyes
Help you to forget, and help you to forget
And help you to forgetOphelia's mind went wandering
You'd wonder where she goes
Through secret doors down corridors
She wanders there alone, all aloneEs kostet mich keine kleine krise die verunreinigung und das
Es kostet mich keine kleine Krise die Verunreinigung und das
Suechtige aus meinem Leben auszuschliessen
But it is for me no little effort to exclude
The polluting and the addictive from my lifeCompondo musica en un estado de ecstases
Composing music in a state of ecstasy
Fuerza de vida, de vida
Strength of life, of life
Mein Vater ist ein Architekt
My father is an architect

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Natalie Anne O'Shea Merchant (born October 26, 1963 in Jamestown, New York, U.S.) is a professional musician. She co-founded and fronted the band 10,000 Maniacs in 1981. Later, she went to college and then left the band in 1993 and started a successful solo career. Merchant plays the piano, produces and writes many of her songs.

Her debut solo album Tigerlily (1995) had three top-40 singles: 'Carnival', 'Jealousy' and 'Wonder'. This was followed in 1998 with her second solo album Ophelia, her third in 2001 with Motherland, and fourth in 2003 called 'The House Carpenter's Daughter'.

Merchant has sung alongside Tracy Chapman, Michael Stipe, David Byrne and Peter Gabriel. She has also collaborated with Billy Bragg a number of times, including the 1998 album Mermaid Avenue. Like Bragg, her work touches on social and political themes; she has been active in promoting a number of campaigning issues in both her songs and through the causes to which she lends her name.



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