![Letters to the Vatican - Rubén Blades](https://cdn.muztext.com/i/3284751525493925347.jpg)
Date of issue: 23.07.2007
Record label: Elektra Entertainment, Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
Letters to the Vatican |
Rosie sits inside a bar smoking a large man’s cigar |
In a place called «Sammy's» on Amsterdam Avenue |
She doesn’t look a day over 65, though she’s really 29 |
She likes records from the '60s |
They remind her of the good old times |
And after some wine and some scotch |
Rosie starts to let it hang out |
She throws a glass at the mirror and asks Big Max for a pen |
She writes a letter to the Vatican |
«I'm gonna write a letter to Him: |
Dear Pope, send me some soap and a bottle of Bombay gin» |
A letter to the Vatican |
«I'm gonna write a letter to Him: |
Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope to do me in» |
And no one stops her |
We all lend a hand |
We all knew her before she was this mad |
We just hold her until the shaking stops |
Because the heart says only what the heart knows |
«I wanna hear some Diana Ross |
I wanna hear a little bit of Marvin Gaye |
I wanna hear a song that reminds me of a better day» |
Rosie slaps a pretty girl in the mouth |
And running to the jukebox she tries to put a quarter in |
She says, «I've had enough of you men |
And I’ll never say yes again; |
it’s holiness or nothing |
For me in this life…» |
She writes a letter to the Vatican |
«I'm gonna write a letter to Him: |
Dear Pope, send me some soap and a bottle of Bombay gin» |
A letter to the Vatican |
«I'm gonna write a letter to Him: |
Dear Pope, send me some hope or a rope to do me in» |
And no one stops her |
We all lend a hand |
We all knew her before she was this mad |
We just hold her until the shaking stops |
Because the heart says only what the heart knows |
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