Ode to joy, my lover boy's speaking in tongues   And the sky's bleeding gray   Now I pull my bag o' prayers out   I hope to find one to save the day      And he judged my love, my lust   My taste with the straightest face   As I crumple up inside   A papier-mache, a shell with no name      Sweet chariot   Come, come, take me away from my fear   Sweet chariot   Come, I have to get out of here      And he took me further than I wanted to go   Underneath his shoe   And it leaves me hungry for a touch I can't feel   A touch he won't do   And I thought the circle, it had an end   I'm old enough to know   My denial is how we began and how we will end   And now that I know      Sweet chariot   Come, come, take me away from my fear   Sweet chariot   Come, I have to get out of here      Oh, the blood that's in my veins   So cold and frozen from the stings   Oh, he comes and goes in waves   Am I really here?      Sweet chariot   Come, come, take me away from my fear   Sweet chariot   Can we leave him a trail of my tears?   Sweet chariot   It's been, it's been the longest of years   Sweet chariot   Come, I have to get out of here