St. Teresa (Live)

So, uh, this next song was inspired by a beautiful, amazing

The most, one of the most amazing quotes I ever heard

And it was by Mother Teresa

And when I wrote this song, I called it St. Teresa

And then about, I don't know, four or five years later

My husband called me one day on the phone and he said

Hey, man, they just sainted Mother Teresa

So she's officially St. Teresa now

I just thought was so awesome

Anyway, this um, quote by her

Goes like this, it goes something like this

Um, that the definition of grace

Is when you, you love and you care and you help somebody

That you think doesn't deserve your love or your care

Man, I heard that and I just said

Man, I got a lot of work to do, a lot of work

But so beautiful, you know

I'd love to be able to learn how to love like that

St. Teresa, I heard you coming to town

Your little footsteps make the sweetest sound

They come to put me down

Come to put me down

Down, down

Mother, is it okay if I call you mama?

My own walked away when I broke the law

Standing on the bridge, feeling like falling

Would you pray for me, mama?

St. Teresa, have mercy on my soul

The good must die young, that's why I'm gettin' so old

They come to put me down

Come to put me down

Down, down

Mother, is it okay if I call you mama?

My own walked away when I broke the law

Standing on the bridge, feeling like falling

Would you pray for me, mama?

Then I was never good at confession

Never really that good at anything at all

And they don't want me hangin' around the mission

Singing hallelujah

Singing hallelujah

St. Teresa, could I kiss your skin?

Come a little closer to this hell I'm livin' in

And when they put me down

When they put me down

Mother, is it okay if I call you mama?

My own walked away when I broke the law

I'm standing on the bridge, feeling like falling

Would you pray for me, mama?

Would you pray for me, mama?

Would you stay with me, mama?

I keep singing hallelujah, mama