Playback's a Bitch Episode Thirty: Ophelia
Channel: G.W. Mercure
Date: 2023-06-03

Ophelia

“You know damn well you did,” she said, “you know damn well you did.”
Ophelia flipped her lid again, I ran away and hid.
Ophelia, all I know is that nothing in life is certain.
One minute you’re hiding behind the drapes, the next minute it’s curtains.

Sometimes I get lost. Sometimes I get found.
Sometimes I just follow Ophelia wherever that girl is bound.
Sometimes I get lost. Other times, I get found.
Most of the time I follow Ophelia wherever that girl is bound.

Ophelia, am I going gray? Am I getting a little hefty?
I’m fishing for compliments, girl, she says, “You’re alright, for a lefty.”
Ophelia, the doctors are madmen, the silk in your hair is undone.
Don’t believe a word that they tell you, just go live the life of a nun.
Sometimes I sail for England, sometimes I sail for France.
Sometimes I just follow Ophelia trying to get into her trance. Chorus

Let’s not make any rash decisions ‘til the time for action’s at hand.
Let’s go drink all the wine in the country and then we’ll see where we stand.
I remembered you like poems, here’s some Keats and Sylvia Plath.
If you would just write my name in the water when you go down for your bath.
Sometimes I come to the country, sometimes I stay in the town.
Sometimes me and Ophelia, we jump in the river and drown.

Sometimes we get lost. Sometimes we get found.
Sometimes we just follow that river wherever that girl is bound.
Sometimes, we get lost, other times we get found.
But now we’re gonna follow the river wherever that girl is bound.