"Johanna [Mea Culpa]" Lyrics

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.