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