Svengali - Steve Taylor

Blue shadows

A Venetian parade

Eyes on a starlet who was yet to be made

He had the thin blue lips

And a fingerless glove

He was a hunter for a prey

To put his prints on

Oh, Svengali

Oh, Svengali

Wide eyes mesmerize

Ain’t he clever

Oh, 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

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