Ophelia

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 bluestocking 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 Maraschino

Mafia courtesan

Ophelia was the circus queen

The female cannonball

Projected through five flaming hoops

To wild and shocked applause

To wild and shocked applause

Hey, hey

Yeah, hey, hey, hey

Ophelia was a tempest cyclone

A goddamn hurricane

Your common sense, your best defense

They wasted and in vain

For 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 forget

Ophelia's mind went wandering

You'd wonder where she goes

Through secret doors, down corridors

She'd wander there alone

All alone