Magdalene laundry is hanging over me
Like a shadow in the night
It’s hanging over me
Like
a shadow in the night
Crawling over me
Magdalena laundry a terrible domain
Locked
me up and stole my youth
Lashed me with your cane
Crushed me in the name of God
Flogged me in his name
Black the cloth and hard the face
Eyes as cold as stone
Never got a penny
Worked our fingers to the bone
Crushed
us in the name of God
“To save our wicked souls”
Take me in your arms a
while
Let me cry my eyes
Out until my heart is free
Of all the pain and lies
Cry until my heart is free
Hold
me for a while
Magdalene laundry the granite and the steel
No time left for growing
up
Or running in the fields
No time left for growing up
Or running in the fields
Take me in your arms a while
Let me cry my eyes
Out until my heart is free
Of all the pain and lies
Cry
until my heart is free
Hold me for a while
Hold me for a while
Hold me