The Little Hebrew Girl-Stephin Merritt

[ti:The Little Hebrew Girl] [ar:Stephin Merritt] [al:Showtunes] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Little Hebrew Girl - Stephin Merritt [00:06.34]The little hebrew girl [00:09.60]Heard her mother's dying wish: [00:12.71] [00:13.72]"don't become christian [00:16.60]Just be jewish [00:19.26] [00:20.97]Honor our tradition [00:23.35]Of denying god above [00:26.70]Heed the pigeon of religion [00:29.80]And ignore the dove of love " [00:33.54] [00:39.32]The little hebrew girl [00:42.24]Was a maid for calvinists [00:45.16] [00:46.29]She read in the gospel: [00:48.95]Jesus exists [00:52.22] [00:53.20]Yet she still persisted [00:55.40]In her tribal sacrilege [00:58.56]She would nix the crucifixion [01:01.73]Always dredging up her pledge [01:05.15] [01:07.81]"mama [01:08.54] [01:09.98]I love you " [01:12.33] [01:31.63]The little hebrew girl [01:34.47]Having lived her fleeting time [01:37.45] [01:38.31]Rested near the churchyard [01:41.23]Where the bells chime [01:44.17] [01:44.84]Promising we'll climb that [01:47.62]Final day to peter's gate [01:50.68]Maybe she can hear them ringing [01:53.58]Maybe death is not too late [01:56.85] [01:59.59]"mama [02:01.62] [02:02.41]I love you "