Johanna (Judge's Song - Mea Culpa)

[Judge Turpin:]
Mea culpa, mea culpa
Mea maxima culpa
Mea maxima maxima culpa
God deliver me! Release me
Forgive me! Restrain me
Pervade me!

Johanna, Johanna
So suddenly a woman
The light behind your window
It penetrates your gown
Johanna, Johanna
The sun—I see the sun through your
No
God
Deliver me
Deliver me
Down
Down
Down...

Johanna, Johanna
I watch you from the shadows
You sight before you window
And gaze upon the town
Your lips apart, Johanna
So young and soft and beautiful
God
Deliver me
Filth
Leave me!

Johanna, Johanna
I treasured you in innocence
And loved you like a daughter
You mock me, Johanna
You tempt me with you innocence
You tempt me with those quivering
No
God
Deliver me
It will
Stop
Now! It will
Stop
Right
Now
Right
Now
Right
Now...

Johanna, Johanna
I cannot keep you longer
The world is at your window
You want to fly away
You stir me, Johanna
So suddenly a woman
I cannot watch you one more day
God
Deliver me
God
Deliver me
God
Deliver
GOD!

Johanna, Johanna
I'll keep you here forever
I'll wed you on the morrow
Johanna, Johanna
The world will never touch you
I'll wed you on the morrow
As years pass, Johanna
You'll tend me in my solitude
No longer as a daughter
As a woman
Johanna, Johanna
I'll hold you here forever then
You'll keep away form windows and
You'll
Deliver me
Johanna
From this
Hot
Red
Devil
With your
Soft
White
Cool
Virgin
Palms.