Unrepentant Geraldines by Tori Amos Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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 apologise
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 saviour loved best
Now you ask me if I agree
Our patron St. Cecilia
With the unrepentant Geraldines
Jesus Hosanna

[Pre-Chorus]
Chapel of birds, we sing our song, revise the word
Will you pray, pray for me, unrepentant Geraldines?
[Chorus 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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

[Pre-Chorus]
Chapel of birds, we sing our song, revise the word
Will you pray, pray for me, unrepentant Geraldines?

[Interlude]

[Chorus 1]
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
[Pre-Chorus]
Chapel of birds, we sing our song, revise the word
Will you pray, pray for me, unrepentant Geraldines?

[Chorus 1]
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

[Interlude]

[Verse 3]
If you find the Vicar's wife
Running through the rain
On her way from St. James
To Mary's in the field

[Chorus 2]
You'll find she plays guitar
Sometimes with her band
But she plays the bass like a Messiah

[Verse 3]
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?
[Chorus 2]
You'll find she plays guitar
Sometimes with her band
But she plays the bass like a Messiah

[Outro]
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