Mother mary, your hold on me   Denies my feelings   From those who can see   Your sacred wisdom   Can caress my soul   Confused and forsaken   By what I've been told   It always sounded so right to me   To offer my prayers   With the hope to be free   Mother mary, is this wrong for me   To judge myself by what you see   And if I stand here   Will you stand by me   If the choice that I make   Is the choice to be me      I've heard your words   In so many ways   Do I trust myself   Beyond your praise   My heart has been touched   By something said   I want to go with her   I want to be led   I knelt at your side   Did you feel me   I gave you my all   To be nearer to thee      Mother mary, is this wrong for me   To judge myself by what you see   And if I stand here   Will you stand by me   If the choice that I make   Is the choice to be me      You know I'll always be there   You know I'll always be there   You know I'll always be there      Can't you show me a way to believe   Have I been enlightened, misled or deceived   It always sounded so right to me   To offer my prayers   With the hope to be free      Mother mary, is this wrong for me   To judge myself by what you see   And if I stand here   Will you stand by me   If the choice that I make   Is the choice to be me