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A Goddess in Love (Calypso)

from All the Other Girls by Marissa Henry

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Sung from the point of view of Calypso, the island nymph who kept Odysseus on her island as "husband" for seven years. Based on book 5 of the Odyssey.

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You washed up on my island, I pulled you up on the sand
You washed up on my island, I pulled you up on the sand
I coulda left you to drown, but Lord knows every goddess needs a man

You were naked and starving, I nursed you back into health
You were naked and starving, I nursed you back into health
And what I offered you here is worth more than any sum of mortal wealth

Now you spend your days weeping and staring out at the sea
Now you spend your days weeping and staring out at the sea
I coulda made you immortal, but you don't wanna stick around with me

Now the gods are all jealous to see a goddess in love
Now the gods are all jealous to see a goddess in love
Now they're making me let you go home while they all laugh at me above

I don't know what's so special about your ordinary wife
I don't know what's so special about your ordinary wife
But that girl must be something to be worth more to you than endless life
Yeah that girl must be something to be worth more to you than endless life

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from All the Other Girls, released November 2, 2017

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Marissa Henry Berkeley, California

Marissa is a Classics Ph.D. student and singer-songwriter specializing in folk-pop adaptations of ancient Greek poetry played on toy instruments.

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