The Ballad Of Mary Magdalen Lyrics

The Ballad Of Mary Magdalen lyrics

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