You walk alone in the valley of life
In the shadow of love
Under the trees of happiness
You walk alone like a baby unborn
Like a father unknown
Like a pocket penniless

I'm happy that you really care
But do you really know how scary
This is for you and is for me?
Oh do you really know?
Do you really know?

Oh Natasha, all I can do
Is write a song for you
Natasha, oh Natasha for you

I sit alone on the cozy ground floor
On a bench by the garden waiting also
Waiting for love
And thinking of all of
The catty remarks I also swallow

And as I've often asked before
Does anybody know how scary
This is for you and is for me
Does anybody know, anybody know


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Natasha Lyrics as written by Rufus Wainwright

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    On her trivia page on IMDB.com, it says this song is about Natasha Lyonne.

    BlackEyedAngelson April 26, 2004   Link
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    Oh damn, my name in a song. I'll have to check this out!

    kmk_natashaon March 25, 2005   Link
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    I heard this song is about a friend of Rufus who was going through a hard time and he couldn't really help her, so he wrote a song for her.

    spastic_kittyon October 13, 2005   Link
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    This song is about actress Natasha Lyonne, a friend of Rufus who is currently dying from Hep C, a Collapsed lung and a heart infection.

    Dorian_Grayon October 19, 2005   Link
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    heart.... this song...

    iwishiwason December 05, 2005   Link
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    One of my favorite songs, it's so melancholy

    hotsoupwomanon June 25, 2006   Link
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    I've always liked to think this song was about a girl who loved him, but he didnt love back, so he wrote her a song apologising.

    myron July 15, 2006   Link
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    It's about a girl who turned herself in today for making threats to MOLEST A DOG!!! True heroin addict en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natasha_Lyonne

    stealthrson December 16, 2006   Link
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    Natasha Lyonne is a good actress. Yes, she did threaten to molest a dog. Drugs will do that to you. But this song is sad and it's sad what's happened to her.

    Mutant_Muppeton March 26, 2007   Link
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    Natasha is my friends name :( scari

    mlthornyon March 25, 2005   Link

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