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 my broken French



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 no 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 Virgiia