(INTRO)
I leave my momma in the morning- and I pray that I will find my way- I’ll dig a grave right in the
sidewalk- and maybe I’ll come back someday- They say Im living way too fast- and growing up too
slow- and maybe thats the truth- but Ive got no place to call my home- somebody give me shelter-
somebody keep me warm- somebody give me shelter- Im drowning in this storm- Ive got puddles
round my eyes- and a pool between my thighs-
(TRANSITION)
So I call upon a saint as I weep into the night
(VERSE ONE)
She’s the patron saint of the sidewalk- in her day they called her the pretty noose- She’s the patron saint
of the sidewalk- she knows all about salvation and a cuttin’ loose- And you could dance with her or the
devil- and they’d both sway and say the same thing- and you could dance with her or the devil- they’d
bring you the same pleasure and the same pain
They’d say…
(CHORUS)
I don’t want your religion- and I don’t want your respect- I don’t want your love- and I don’t want
your sex- nah- nah-nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah--- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah---- Nah- Nah- Nah- Nah- Nah
(INTERLUDE/VERSES 2+3)
I watched- I watched- that woman walk- right across the cross like a crosswalk
One hundred heads turned to stop n stare-She was wearing her lucky underwear
And I watched- I watched that woman walk -right across the cross just like a tightrope-
From the circus of the city and into the woods where even gods don’t go- and we read- we read from
the scriptures and the old books- and we talked- we talked about how Jesus and all those good crooks-
how they died- and how our oldest friends were burned alive-
but we couldn’t right- write our wrongs- the cross could have been a quill- we’d be penning poems
instead of trying to kill and not be killed- and she might be singing instead of popping pills
(CHORUS)
I don’t want your religion- and I don’t want your respect- I don’t want your love- and I don’t want
your sex- nah- nah-nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah--- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah- nah---- Nah- Nah- Nah- Nah- Nah
(OUTRO)
She’s the patron saint of the sidewalk- in her day they called her the pretty noose
