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