(eleanor mcevoy)

shake your beads out,
one by one
and call me magdalene
it won´t grieve me
i understand
where it is you´re coming from
draw a curtain
close your eyes
when history´s pages fail you.
i will not open up those history books
that´s not for me to do.

precious little in your life
is yours by right
and won without a fight
precious little in your life
is yours by right
and won without a fight.

shadows call me,
in the wind
some don´t go away
angels guide me
from the clouds
in everything i do and say
shake your beads out

kneeling down
it will not pass me by
two people coming from a different place
maybe neither one is right.

repeat chorus

shake your beads out
join your hands
that still won´t make you right
those so-called sinners that you´re praying for
are standing by your side

repeat chorus

repeat chorus