Oh, Svengali,
But a-oh, Svengali, (oh)
Oh, Svengali,
But a-oh, Svengali,
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
But a-oh, Svengali.

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.

But a-oh, Svengali.
But a-oh, Svengali. (whoa, oh)
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
Na, na-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.

But a-oh, Svengali,
But a-oh, Svengali, (oh)
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
But a-oh, Svengali, ha,
Oh, Svengali.
But a-oh, Svengali. (oh)
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
But a-oh, Svengali.

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 to 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.

But a-oh, Svengali,
But a-oh, Svengali, (whoa)
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
But a-oh, Svengali, (oh)
Oh, Svengali, (oh)
But a-oh, Svengali. (oh)
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
But a-oh, Svengali., ha,
Oh, Svengali, (whoa)
Oh, Svengali, (oh)
Wide eyes mesmerise,
Ain't he clever'
But a-oh, Svengali. (whoa)