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A song about love, revolution, and Tatiana Romanova.
lyrics
She was dressed for the opera in glorious white
It was all you could do just to keep her in sight
she was spinning and twirling, and she said ‘Darling please stop your sighing.
Isn’t it amazing how far you can get without even trying?’
Well you made it look easy, that much is true
Though she told me that really, between me and you
it always was destined to end in a tangle of flames
And quietly I agreed that I’d figured the same
She sang for the opera, she danced in ballet
She said all that a good little Russian should say
And they built her a church, I believe that they made her a saint
and she’s the tsar’s little girl so please exercise some restraint
now the war rages on, but the air has gone sour,
The cossacks are throwing themselves off their towers
And she’s in the bedroom, lighting your letters on fire
yes you can call her a cheat, but you cannot call her a liar
I know that you loved her, that’s what you say
before her body was sold to the state
But her soul is still yours, you said that no-one can take
but I understand it can make a man jealous to see tourists kiss her face
Do you remember, the last time you spoke
the world was on fire, as she pushed through the smoke
She laughed and she turned to you and I think her tears were still drying
she said isn’t it amazing how far you can fall before you start flying?
It’s all very well, to say everything’s changed
But the ghost of Tatiana still moves with such grace
and she’s so very lonely, you swear you can see it in her face
Though she so rarely comes by, I see that you’ve set her a place
well would it surprise you, I saw her last night
she’d tied everything that she owned to a kite
she said I am leaving this evening to go to the moon
and I do not suppose you’ll be hearing again from me soon
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