Ophelia - Band, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)

Ophelia (Band, The, 1976). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2024-01-04. "Keeping the Oldies & Classics Alive"

"Ophelia," written by Robbie Robertson, was the Band's last entry onto the Billboar Hot 100 chart landing at no. 62 in 1976 (Whitburn, 2013). Robertson stated: "'I was always fascinated by that girl's name,' he told Melody Maker in 1976. 'I always like the mystery factor. I may be writing a song and the music may imply a certain lyric, or vice versa. It's not that deliberate, or an intellectual exercise. It just comes out naturally'" (songfacts, 2024).

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Lyrics:

Boards on the window
Mail by the door
What would anybody leave so quickly for?
Ophelia
Where have you gone?

The old neighborhood just ain't the same
Nobody knows just what became of
Ophelia
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?
Mama, I 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
Come back home