Vile and Blasphemous

Yea, praise comes easy

It’s given so free

To people, who’ve passed along

Honors and garlands

of flowers abound

And preachers they babble on

Just tell me you love me

While I live

Just one kindly word

Before I die

Scurrilous blackmails

have followed my name

Vile and treacherous lies

Kindness is wasted

On the dead

kindnesses the dead do not feel

Please do not wait

Till my body is cold

To offer your kindness to me

Tell me you love

While I live

One kindly word before I die

Scurrilous blackmail

Has followed my name

Vile and treacherous lies

I stand unforgiven

Saddled in lies

They’re draped like a prisoners’ chains

I bed you forgive me

Before I die

Help me reclaim

My good name

And tell me you love me

While I live

One kindly word

Before I die

Scurrilous blackmail

Has followed my

Vile and treacherous lies

Vile and treacherous lies

Vile and treacherous lies