The Ballad of Mary Magdalen - Richard Shindell

My name is Mary Magdalene

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 prime

But I gave it up and 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 like again

As I live and breathe 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

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

I remember nights we spent Whispering our creed

Our rituals our sacrament

The stars our canopy There beneath an olive tree

We’d offer up our plea

God’s creation innocent

His arms surrounding me

Jesus loved 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