On the fainting couch That's Monica flare for the dramatic oh, so it goes And in the kitchen there, that's Leonore Who I adore Whether I should or not well I don't know And reading the Marquise of O On the balcony, that's me Walking in the garden, with Penelope she says "you may kiss me now No one will see" I say "my heart is another's And that makes me free Besides I have a hard-won Faith in the eternal Sophie You think I'd just throw it away, for a little TLC?" And reading the Answer to Job has been good for me I was just a narcissist, a solipsist A fantasist in that old house down by the sea And reading the Marquise of O On the balcony, that's me