In An Operetta Lyrics - The Magnetic Fields

Sing me the kind of song you hear in an operetta 

In an operetta 

Sing me the words I long to hear out of Violetta 

In an operetta 

She will fast be outcast from her castle with nary a friend 

But since she's a princess, there's hints of a prince in the end 

She'll enjoy some employ as a boy with her name changed to Pip 

Soon by gum she'll become the brave captain of some pirate ship 

Singing a thing fit for a King in an operetta 

In an operetta 

It's the all singing all dancing, Princess Violetta of the operetta 

In an operetta, within an operetta