Solemn confessions
Sweetened expressions
Are the way to love with you
Nothing less is worthy of you
(Gingerly and true, as vital as the Moon and the stars, to me are you)

Nimbus may shade you
How much would I give to
Show you love the way that you should
That's the way to love with you
(Gingerly and true, as vital as the Moon and the stars, to me are you)

I can't bear to see you cry
Odella, Odella, wipe him away from your eyes (tonight)
Hang on to art, to me, to life
Odella, Odella, nights are long, but they die (untie the early ties)

Spurious affection
That haunts your reflections
Are not easy to bury, it's true
But there's love that is saved just for you
(Gingerly and true, as vital as the Moon and the stars, to me are you)

Bloodline endearments
Are thick to consume when
He is gone and away from you
That's no way of loving you
(Dressed in sumptuous shoes, abstaining from the truth, he casts a spell on you)

Chorus 2
You may be staggered but you're wise
Odella, Odella, don't be so kind (to him) (lalalala)
The sway someday will be no more
Odella, Odella, and free we'll chant on our way home (new days are to come) (lalalala)