Ophelia

There`s a body of a woman in the river drifting by The trees are black and mournful in the yellow twilight sky She`s wearing a white wedding dress her hair is long and blonde A bluebird lands upon her Then flies off without a song

She floats off in the current like a ghost so gracefully A fisherman on a misty bank -gazes idly She lingers for a moment in a cluster of dark reeds Then moves on through the water to wherever it might lead

And she`s so far from her family a thousand miles from home So far from Louisiana and a life she long disowned What tragedy and mystery has brought her to this end But the Mississippi river will bring her home again

She spirals through the rapids where the river meets low ground Then glides past a small city where a far-off jazz-band sounds Her wedding ring is shining in the torch of the rising moon Her face so pale and fragile like a flower past its bloom

And she`s so far……

A tugboat in the distance goes by with solemn light A catfish breaks the surface then swims off to her right She looks so calm and peaceful as the night reclaims the sky No one would ever know, how much pain she felt inside

And she`s so far………