'Cause in the struggle for survival
Her face, what it's worth to her
From their mantelpiece in time
Where they wrestle and they play
See the vanity behind
Her wit and wonder snuffed
See the portrait come to life
With passions and with prudences
In our routine operations
Now Olivia lies under anesthesia
In a routine operation
In the passing of the years
'Cause in the struggle for survival
Her passions and her prudences
Our wit and wonder snuffed
Love is never blind
See the portrait come to life
Still speak to me today
Love is never blind
Finances and fears
We lie under anesthesia
Finances and fears
In the passing of the years
Edith Wharton's lovely figurines
Her own beauty not enough
See the vanity behind
Her face, what it's worth to her
Where they wrestle and they play
From their mantelpiece in time
