Anchoress Away!

Book board diptych

Teenage Anchoress

I gave up my life to pray for you

gave up my pretty clothes too

I didn't want to marry my betrothed

an old man from an old throne

I ran away into a cell

I was kept with nothing well

vistors in my window

like a puppet show

I'm a teenage anchoress

got on my nun dress

you know I'm not havin this

cuz I know I'm not havin it

What did I think of all day in 

my one person room?

Sometimes an anchoress never 

leaves and it becomes her tomb

Mostly I think of food,

but I also keep in mind the common good

I'm a lithe girl

gotta tithe girl

gonna sit here looking out into the wild world

I'm a lithe girl

gotta tithe girl

don't you know I've already died, girl?

I was there at my death ritual

now my life is habitual

pray, eat, pray, teach

pray, eat, pray, I don't preach

I'd do it all again to retain my own power

living autonomously in my miniature tower

vistors in my window

like a puppet show

I'm a teenage anchoress

got on my nun dress

you know I'm not havin this 

cuz I know I'm not havin it

I'm a lithe girl

gotta tithe girl

gonna sit here looking out into the wild world

I'm a lithe girl

gotta tithe girl

don't you know I've already died, girl?

just sittin, lookin out into the wild world