Let Down Your Hair

LET DOWN YOUR HAIR
MARY
LET DOWN YOUR HAIR

TOO LONG
HAVE MEN SHACKLED YOU
AND HIDDEN YOUR BEAUTY

LET DOWN YOUR HAIR

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MESSAGE
THAT WHAT GOD CREATES
IS GOOD

LET DOWN YOUR HAIR

THE TOMB OF LAZARUS WAS OPEN
AND AIRING
THE STONE ROLLED AWAY

THE STENCH OF DEATH
WAS MASKED BY SPICES

BUT THE PARTY
WAS IN THE HOUSE
CELEBRATING LAZARUS RETURN

BUT MARY FELT A SADNESS
A PREMONITION REALLY
SOMETHING
WOMEN CAN DO
SHE SENSED DEATH IN THE AIR

AND MOVED BY SOME ETERNAL
FEMININE FORCE
TOOK NARD
A FUNERAL SPICE

WASHED HIS FEET FIRST
WITH TEARS
DRIED THEM
WITH HER LOOSENED HAIR
AND ANOINTED HIM FOR DEATH

SO MUCH WASTE THE ENRONS CRIED
AND GRASPED THE MONEY BAG


BUT JESUS SAID
PROTECTING MARY
THE POOR
WILL ALWAYS BE HERE
BUT YOU ONLY BURY ME ONCE.