Steve Taylor Lyrics
"Svengali"

Oh, Svengali

Well O Svengali
(Ohh...)

Oh, Svengali

Well, oh...

Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali

Blue shadows
A Venetian parade
Eyes on a starlet who was yet to be made
He had the thin blue lips
And a finger-less glove
He was a hunter for a prey
To put his prints on

Well now, O Svengali
Well now, O Svengali
(Ohh...)
Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali

He set stages from Vienna to Rome
He promised flowers and footlights
If she'd only leave home
When he secured her passage on an Aegean ship
She didn't know of the power
In an evil man's grip

Well now, O Svengali
Oh, Svengali
(Ohh...)
Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali

Hah!

Oh, Svengali
(Ohh...)
Well now, O Svengali
(Ohh...)
Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali
(Ohh...)

I knew you when
You saw a scene in the clouds
You saw a man in the moon
And your mood was enthralling
You could weep for a falling star

He'll take you deep in his debt
He's wanting all he can get
Will your heart hold the virtue?
You've never known that power
That the evil men use

Gone cried the madman
As he slapped her to life
And then a cold wind slowly sucked him into the night
So come away to the refuge they can never control
They'll try to steal your body
But they can't touch your soul

Oh, Svengali
Oh, Svengali
(Ohh...)
Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali
(Ohh...)

Oh, Svengali
(Ohh...)
Well now, O Svengali
(Ohh...)
Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali

Hah!

Oh, Svengali
(Ohh...)
Oh, Svengali
(Ohh...)
Wide eyes mesmerize
Ain't he clever?
Well now, O Svengali
(Ohh...)