Long-necked, shipwrecked, terrified swan Lies in her mind left a burner on We crowd into the grand salon We're watching the mansion burn
And I'm not quite down with the way they roll They throw knives from their eyes at my parasol And I'm only human after all Go easy on me
It's not like a country lane A day on the beach in Spain I'm courting the madness I cannot explain
Oh Virginia We didn't know you had it in ya Oh Sweet Virginia
And I coughed this up in a sooty perfume Out of my mouth like a feather plume And now here's one more crazy tune Adversity rings my bell
The wound came loose with a terrible stench Pain left a stain on my piano bench And I chased it with a monkey wrench Cursing in my broken French
It's not like a country lane Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com A day on the beach in Spain I'm courting the madness I cannot explain
Oh Virginia We didn't know you had it in ya Oh Sweet Virginia
And no *you* can't play that in this serious hall Only apes, wearing capes, get the curtain call Your invitation to the ball Must be lost in the mail
And I don't quite feel like working this crowd The rest has requested I dumb it down They'll run your circus right out of town If you won't abide, but it's suicide
Not like a country lane A day on the beach in Spain I'm courting the madness I cannot explain
Oh Virginia We didn't know you had it in ya Oh Sweet Virginia
We didn't know you had it in ya Oh Sweet *Virginia*