My name is Mary Magdalen

I come from Palestine

Please excuse these rags I'm in

But I've fallen on hard times

But long ago I had my work

When I was in my prime

But I gave it up, and all for love

It was his career or mine

Jesus loved me

This I know

But 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 will come but once

This I do believe

And I'll not see his like again

As I live and breath

And I'm sorry if I might offend

But I will never see

How the tenderness I shared with him

Became a heresy

Jesus loved me

This I know

But 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

But I remember nights we spent

Whispering our creed

Our rituals, our sacraments

The stars our canopy

There beneath an olive tree

We'd offer up our plea

God's creation innocent

His arms surrounding me

Jesus loves me

This I know

But 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