Song #15 - Olivia & Her Former Lives

Yay for Olivia! Olivia does sort of remind me of myself... haha... I was writing stories by 5 and wrote a play or two by 7 or 8. I was/is a strange child. :) This song is helped out by my friend Jack Johnson on sax again... Thanks Jack.

Interesting Facts:
I wrote this song knowing that Shakespeare had invented the name in a play called the 12th Night and that her name means "Olive tree." That was the sort of spring board for this song. Then later, I looked it up on line to post some liner notes and found that the lyrics are even more fitting with the meaning and background of the name... I wanted to post a good chunk of the explanation... I have a few of the name songs where I'm a little more dead on than I would have thought. I found out she is also one of the patron saints of Music!

The Following is from: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Where_does_the_name_Olivia_come_from

ETYMOLOGY: The name Olivia in its Latin context means "an olive tree or branch". The name Olivia is a symbol of fruitfulness, dignity and beauty.

ORIGIN & HISTORY: Introduced in its modern spelling by William Shakespeare in his 1599 play The Twelfth Night, the name may have been coined from the olive plant or as a feminine form of Oliver. Olivia is also derived from the early Italian name Oliva, meaning olive.

Before 1624 Palermo had four patron saints, one for each of the four major parts of the city. They were Saint Agatha, Saint Christina, Saint Nympha, and Saint Olivia. Saint Olivia is the patron saint of music. The beautiful daughter of a noble Sicilian family, at 13 years old she was kidnapped by Muslims and taken as a slave to Tunis. Impressed by her virtue and beauty her abductors permitted her to live as a hermitess in a cave. However, after she began to perform miracle cures on the local sick, many Muslims converted to Christianity. Consequently she was imprisoned, tortured and later killed.

FASCINATING FACTS: The name Olivia is said to create an interest in the deeper aspects of life. With a Destiny number of 5 a person with the name Olivia is most likely destined to be a free spirit. They'll grow to have the adaptability, inventiveness, and sense of adventure that allows them to take great changes with stride. A person with this name is said to be an eccentric, introverted thinker who is both analytical and mysterious

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Olivia & Her Former Lives

Olivia is always climbing trees
She thinks that she can fly
She might have been a bird in a former life
What a strange, strange child...
What a strange, strange child...

CHORUS:
O O O Olivia
It's a wonderful thing, It's a wonderful thing... Olivia.

She's camped out for the twelfth night in a row
Waiting for the aliens to come
Something about a dream. Something about a sign
What a strange, strange child...
What a strange, strange child...

She recites Shakespeare at lunchtime
She seems to know all the lines
She acts out scenes on the playground
What a strange, strange child...
What a strange, strange child...

Olivia sees the world differently
and I don't think that's a bad thing
I think she reminds me of myself
What a strange, strange child...
What a strange, strange child...

Ending:
She might have been a bird in a former life...
She might have been the bard in a former life...

(c) & (p) 2008 Daniel L. Vaillancourt (ASCAP)