Letra Ophelia

Ophelia fue escrita por Robbie Robertson de The Band. La canción fue inspirada por personajes femeninos shakespearianos y discute la pérdida y el retorno, a menudo interpretada como una alegoría al fin de la era de los bandidos americanos y el cambio en los Estados Unidos a finales de los 60 y principios de los 70.

Boards on the window, mail by the door, what wd anybody leave so quickly for?
Ophelia where have you gone wrong?
The old n'hood 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 disapear,
Like Ophelia? Please darken my door.

Was it something that somebody said? Honey, you know we broke the rules.
Was somebody up against the law? Honey, you know I'd die for you.

They got your number, scared & runnin', but I'm still waitin' for the second
Comin' of Ophelia, come back home.