Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Christina the Astonishing

Henry's Dream / 1992-05-12 1. Jack the Ripper 2. Brother, My Cup Is Empty 3. The Loom of the Land 4. John Finn's Wife 5. Straight To You 6. When I First Came To Town 7. Christina the Astonishing 8. I Had A Dream, Joe 9. What A Wonderful World 10. Blue Bird 11. Rainy Night In Soho 12. Papa Won't Leave You, Henry

Christina the Astonishing

Christina the Astonishing
Lived a long time ago
She was stricken with a seizure
At the age of twenty-two
They took her body in a coffin
To a tiny church in Liege
Where she sprang up from the coffin
Just after the Agnus Dei
She soared up to the rafters
Perched on a beam up there
Cried "The stink of human sin
Is more that I can bear"
Christina the Astonishing
Was the most astonishing of all
She prayed balanced on a hurdle
Or curled up into a ball
She fled to remote places
Climbed towers and trees and walls
To escape the stench of human corruption
Into an oven she did crawl
O Christina the Astonishing
Behaved in a terrifying way
She would run wildly through the streets
Jump in the Meusse and swim away
O Christina the Astonishing
Behaved in terrifying manner
Died at the age of seventy-four
In the convent of St Anna