Ophelia

Album: Northern Lights - Southern Cross (1975)
Charted: 62
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  • Boards on the window
    Mail by the door
    What would anybody leave so quickly for?
    Ophelia
    Hmm, where have you gone?

    The old neighborhood
    Just ain't the same
    Nobody knows just what became of
    Ophelia
    Hmm, tell me, what went wrong

    Was it something that somebody said?
    Mama, I know we broke the rules
    Was somebody up against the law?
    Honey, you know I'd die for you

    Ashes of laughter
    The ghost is clear
    Why do the best things always disappear
    Like Ophelia
    Please darken my door

    Was it something that somebody said?
    Honey, you know we broke the rules
    Was somebody up against the law?
    Honey, you know I'd die for you

    They got your number
    Scared and running
    But I'm still waiting for the second coming
    Of Ophelia
    Hmm hm come back home
    Hmm hmm Writer/s: Robbie Robertson
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Ignacio Varga from AlbuquerqueI'm pretty sure it's "knock on my door." Gotta love the tuba on this one.
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