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Mysterious Woman was the Irish entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 in Dublin performed by Marc Roberts.

The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Roberts singing about a woman he saw at an airport (with a "Ticket in your hand"). He sings that he was instantly attracted to her, despite having no knowledge about where she was from or where she was going. In the course of his musing, he wonders if she was perhaps from Paris, Italy or even "the gulf of Araby". As the song ends, however, she has been called to board her plane and he is left still wondering about her.

It was performed 5th following Austria and preceding Slovenia. At the close of voting, it finished in second place with 157 points. To date, this remains the last time Ireland had a song that placed in the top five.

Lyrics[]

I saw you at an airport, ticket in your hand
I got a feeling in my heart I didn’t understand
Something in the way you were, something foreign in your eyes
Made me wish that I could share one moment of your life

Mysterious woman, I wonder, did you see
The kind of spell you put on me?
Mysterious woman, I wish I could find the key
To the kind of spell you put on me

The room was full of faces but you stood out from the crowd
People going places far away beyond the clouds
Were you from the streets of Paris, or the coast of Italy?
Or were you from as far away as the gulf of Araby?

Mysterious woman, I wonder, did you see
The kind of spell you put on me?
Mysterious woman, I wish I could find the key
To the kind of spell you put on me

Did I imagine you smiled
Or were my thoughts going wild?

Suddenly you were going, the speaker called your plane
There was no way of knowing if I’d ever see you again
But this brief, so brief encounter will always stay with me
I will always treasure the bittersweet memory

Mysterious woman, I wonder, did you see
The kind of spell you put on me?
Mysterious woman, it’ll always be a mystery
The kind of spell you put on me

Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Participants
Flag of CyprusHara & Andreas KonstantinouFlag of TurkeyŞebnem Paker & Grup EthnicFlag of NorwayTor EndresenFlag of AustriaBettina SoriatFlag of IrelandMarc RobertsFlag of SloveniaTanja RibičFlag of SwitzerlandBarbara BertaFlag of The NetherlandsMrs. EinsteinFlag of ItalyJalisseFlag of SpainMarcos LlunasFlag of GermanyBianca ShomburgFlag of PolandAnna Maria JopekFlag of EstoniaMaarja-Liis IlusFlag of Bosnia and HerzegovinaAlma ČardžićFlag of PortugalCélia LawsonFlag of SwedenBlondFlag of GreeceMarianna ZorbaFlag of MaltaDebbie ScerriFlag of HungaryV.I.P.Flag of RussiaAlla PugachevaFlag of DenmarkKølig KajFlag of FranceFannyFlag of CroatiaE.N.I.Flag of United KingdomKatrina and The WavesFlag of IcelandPaul Oscar
Songs
Flag of CyprusMana mouFlag of TurkeyDinleFlag of NorwaySan FranciscoFlag of AustriaOne StepFlag of IrelandMysterious WomanFlag of SloveniaZbudi seFlag of SwitzerlandDentro di meFlag of The NetherlandsNiemand heeft nog tijdFlag of ItalyFiumi di ParoleFlag of SpainSin rencorFlag of GermanyZeitFlag of PolandAle jestemFlag of EstoniaKeelatud maaFlag of Bosnia and HerzegovinaGoodbyeFlag of PortugalAntes do adeusFlag of SwedenBara hon älskar migFlag of GreeceHorepseFlag of MaltaLet Me FlyFlag of HungaryMiért kell, hogy elmenj?Flag of RussiaPrimadonnaFlag of DenmarkStemmen i mit livFlag of FranceSentiments songesFlag of CroatiaProbudi meFlag of United KingdomLove Shine a LightFlag of IcelandMinn hinsti dans

Video[]

Marc_Roberts_-_Mysterious_Woman_(Eurovision_Song_Contest_1997,_IRELAND)_official_video

Marc Roberts - Mysterious Woman (Eurovision Song Contest 1997, IRELAND) official video

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ESC 1997 - Ireland - Marc Roberts - Mysterious woman -HQ-

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