Ophelia, Amelia, and Nancy Lyrics

I seen the ghost of Ophelia sellin' paraphernalia

She didn't need to, but half the fun is how they nail ya!

Then I saw her again, kissin' up on a friend

Of a friend she told her mama that she never met

He was kissin' her too, and as his lips turned blue

He disappeared into a cigarette Ophelia drew

I gave her back the one I bummed, I didn't know where I came from

She didn't either, so she dunked her head back in the river

I didn't see her for a year, but after fifty-thousand beers

You start to feel her in your teeth and in your ears!

She doesn't give it to me straight, she always keeps me hangin'

So I start clangin' on her words and on her changes

"Maybe you never said 'I love you' to another one

Or you never thought you'd say it again

But take it from the dead, honey

Movin' on's a livin' thing

And maybe you have I say 'forever' when you're losin' it

'Cause you wanna polish over the sin

But the river doesn't care where you been

Where you went..."

Can't say I never warned ya, I moved to California

For the money and the marijuana!

I saw the face of Amelia on your family regalia

I didn't know just what to think or what to tell ya

I couldn't tell you how I seemed

When I called you from a dream

Ophelia was rooting for the other team

How could I blame her, honey?

I can't stand seein' you alone

I couldn't claim you, Nancy

You always was a rollin' stone

Now I'm drinkin' and dancin' while Ophelia moans

"Maybe you never said 'I love you' to another one

Or you never thought you'd say it again

But take it from the dead, honey

Movin' on's a livin' thing

And maybe you have I say 'forever' when you're losin' it

'Cause you wanna polish over the sin

But the river doesn't care where you been!

Why you left..."