my name is mary magdalen

i come from palestine

please excuse these rags i'm in

i've fallen on hard times

but long ago i had my work

when i was in my prime

but i gave it up all for love

it was his career or mine



jesus loved me this i know

why on earth did i ever let him go

he was always faithful, he was always kind

but he walked off with this heart of mine



a love like this comes but once

this i do believe

and i'll not see his life again

as i live and breathe

and i'm sorry if i might offend

but i'll never see

how the tenderness i shared with him

became a herecy



jesus loved me this i know

why on earth did i ever let him go

he was always faithful, he was always kind

but he walked off with this heart of mine



and i remember nights we spent

whispering our creed

our rituals, our sacrament

the stars, our canopy

and there beneath an olive tree

we'd offer up our plate

god's creation, innocent

his arms surrounding me



jesus loves me this i know

why on earth did he ever have to go

he was always faithful, he was always kind

but he walked off with this heart of mine

he was always faithful, he was always kind

but he walked off with this heart of mine