Christina The Astonishing

Christina, the Astonishing Lived a long, long time ago She was stricken with a seizure At the age of twenty-two They took her body in a coffin To a tiny church in Liege Where she sprang up from the coffin Just after the Agnus Dei She soared up to the rafters Perched on a beam up there Cried, "The stink of human sin The stink of human sin The stink is more that I can bear" And I said, "Oh, oh, oh" Christina, the Astonishing Was the most astonishing of all She prayed, balanced on a hurdle Or curled up into a ball She fled to remote places Climbed towers and trees and walls To escape the stench of corruption The stench of human corruption Into an oven, she did crawl And I said, "Oh, oh, oh" Christina, the Astonishing Behaved in a terrifying way She'd run wildly through the streets Jump in the Meusse and swim away Christina, the Astonishing Behaved in a terrifying manner She died at the age of seventy-four Died at the age of seventy-four In the convent of St. Anna And I said, "Oh, oh, oh"