Unrepentant Geraldines - Tori Amos

Matthew, Mark, John, and Luke

(this is the day of reckoning)

mamma looks to you for truth

(with the heart of St. Catherine)

no need to apologize

(for the gypsy madonna)

truth is not always kind

(jesus hosanna)

Peter and Paul they did condemn

(this is the day of reckoning)

women like the Magdalene

(she you said the savior loved best)

now you ask me if I agree

(our patron St. Cecilia)

with the unrepentant geraldines

(jesus hosanna)

chapel of birds

we sing our song revise the word

will you pray

pray for me unrepentant geraldines?

I’m gonna free myself from your opinion

I’m gonna heal myself from your religion

I’m gonna free myself from your aggression

I’m gonna heal myself from your religion

Our Father of Corporate Greed (this is the day of reckoning)

you absolve corporate thieves (they will give the Judas kiss)

as our governments relent (guess who gets them elected)

and turn a blind eye to your sin (jesus hosanna)

chapel of birds

we sing our song revise the word

will you pray

pray for me unrepentant geraldines?

I’m gonna free myself from your opinion

I’m gonna heal myself from your religion

I’m gonna free myself from your aggression

I’m gonna heal myself from your religion

If you find the Vicar’s wife

running through the rain

on her way from St. James

To Mary’s in the field

You’ll find she plays guitar

Sometimes with her band

But she plays the bass like a Messiah

If you find the Vicar’s wife

staring out to sea

Praying for one more soul

We lose one every week

There she will light a flame

Asking why they’ve gone

What are we not giving

Giving to the young?

You’ll find she plays guitar

Sometimes with her band

But she plays the bass like a Messiah

If you find the Vicar’s wife

running through the rain

on her way from St. James

To Mary’s in the field

On her way from St. James

to Mary’s in Mary’s in in the field