Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Teresa THE LIFE


  


Sit down on the corner just a little crime 
When I make my money got to get my dime 
Sit down with her baby wind is full of trash 
She bold as the street light dark and sweet as hash 
Way down in the hollow leavin' so soon 
Oh St. Teresa higher than the moon 
Reach down for the sweet stuff when she looks at me 
I know any man sees you like I see 
Follow down the side street movin' single file 
She say
That's where I'll hold you, sleeping like a child 
Way down in the hollow, leavin' so soon 
Oh, St. Teresa, higher than the moon 
Just what I've been needin', feel it rise in me 
She say
Every stone a story, like a rosary 
Corner St. Teresa, just a little crime 
When I make my money, got to get my dime 
Way down in the hollow, leavin' so soon 
Oh, St. Teresa, higher than the moon 
You called up in the sky 
You called up in the clouds 
Is there something you forgot to tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me 
Show me my Teresa, feel it rise in me 
Every stone a story, like a rosary
Songwriters: Eric M Bazilian / Rob Hyman / Joan Osborne / Rick Chertoff
St. Teresa lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc, Universal Music Publishing Group
Released1995
GenrePop








Video of Joan Osborn singing "Teresa"

Inspiration from the Autobiography THE LIFE

The Spanish Carmelite nun's autobiography provides a perfect entrance point to the world of mental prayer. She begins her story with tales of her childhood in the early 1500s--the death of her mother, how she became a nun, and the hardships of her life including illness and a period of "lukewarmness" during which she ceased to pray. St. Teresa also relates the visiosn and in- structions she recieved form God later in her life.


Teresa Avila 1515-at Alba de Tormes (1582)