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