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deep in prayer my cross to wear

i kneel upon the floor

temptations of a catholic priest aren't easy to ignore

but i can not control myself

he rips my soul apart

for one small sheep among my flock has

stolen the shepherd's heart



altar boy, altar boy

confess your sins to me

you will find the grace of god

inside my rectory



sunday mass or bible class

i catch him in my view

i close my eyes but there he lies

spread eagle on the pew

and when i see him in that frock

my concience goes araye

i'll give him some communion wine thats

spiked with spanish fly



altar boy, altar boy

is it gonna be heaven or hell

you can play my organ all night long

if you promise never to tell



our father

who art in heaven

hallowed be thy name

i could dress him up like the pope and then i'd...

oh dear god, the shame no no no

lead us not into temptation

deliver us from sin

we could pretend that he was jesus christ

and i was mary magdalene



altar boy, altar boy

confess your sins to me

you will find the grace of god

inside my rectory



oh altar boy, oh altar boy

confess your sins to me

you will find the grace of god

inside my rec... tor..... yyyyyyyyy

Only the Good Die Young
-Billy Joel

Come out Virginia
Don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start much too late
Sooner or later it comes down to fate
I might as well be the one

They showed you a statue
and told you to pray
built you a temple
and locked you away
But they never told you the price that you'd pay
For things that you might have done

Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd
We aint to pretty, we aint too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
but that never hurt no one

So come on, Virginia. Show me a sign
Send up a signal, I'll throw you a line
The stain glass curtain you're hiding behind
Never lets in the sun

And only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

...
You got a nice white dress, and a party on your confirmation
You got a brand new soul
Ooo, and a cross of gold

But Virginia, they didn't give you quite enough information
You didn't count on me
While you were counting on your rosary

...Oh, Oh, Oh, and

They say there's a heaven for those that'll wait
Some say it's better, but I say it aint
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun

And Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

...
*crazy saxaphone solo*

You said your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
She never cared for me
But did she ever say a prayer for me?

...Oh, oh, oh oh,

So come out, come out, Virginia don't let me wait
You know you Catholic girls start much too late,
but Don't you know that it comes down to fate?
I want to be the one...

Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

Only the gooooooooooood
Only the gooooooooooood

...

etc. etc. etc.

*big piano exuent*
*end*


Live from 1982 -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E2yCDjt9pLo

Not quite... a lot of people think the song is about him seducing the girl, who is refusing sex because she's Catholic.

"Come out Virginia (and have sex with me), don't let me wait
You Catholic girls start (being sexually active) much too late
Sooner or later it comes down to fate (self explanatory)
I might as well be 'the one' (her first)

They showed you a statue and told you to pray
built you a temple and locked you away
But they never told you the price that you'd pay
For things that you might have done (a pseudo-attack on the uptightness of Catholicism at the time)

Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

(don't be afraid to be bad, because only good people die young)

You might have heard I run with a dangerous crowd (he's an atheist)
We aint to pretty, we aint too proud
We might be laughing a bit too loud
but that never hurt no one (a little partying never hurts anybody)

So come on, Virginia. Show me a sign
Send up a signal, I'll throw you a line (these kind of confused me... I guess it's him trying to say the same thing - come out, show me a sign, and have sex with me)
The stain glass curtain you're hiding behind
Never lets in the sun (allusion to Catholic uptightness and dogma again)

And only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

...
You got a nice white dress, and a party on your confirmation
You got a brand new soul
Ooo, and a cross of gold (you're an uptight Catholic girl)

But Virginia, they didn't give you quite enough information
You didn't count on me
While you were counting on your rosary (they're controlling you... trust me instead of them)

...Oh, Oh, Oh, and

They say there's a heaven for those that'll wait
Some say it's better, but I say it aint
I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun (chill out and be bad once in a while. After all...)

And Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

...
*crazy saxaphone solo*

You said your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation
She never cared for me
But did she ever say a prayer for me? (huh?)

...Oh, oh, oh oh,

So come out, come out, Virginia don't let me wait
You know you Catholic girls start much too late,
but Don't you know that it comes down to fate?
I want to be the one...
(like the first verse)
Only the good die young
That's what I said
Only the good die young
Only the good die young

Only the gooooooooooood
Only the gooooooooooood