Righteous Woman

There she stands in the spotlight

Now the music begins

Her left leg won't stop trembling

But there's nowhere to run

The soldier sobbing at the station

Is taken down to the hall

He limps in late in the darkness

And takes his seat in the stalls

Righteous woman starts softly like a dove at dawn

Righteous woman, building up pressure like a slow moving storm

Righteous woman, giving birth to the dark unborn

Righteous woman, righteous woman

In a blanket in a box on the hospital doorstep

Lies a baby new born

The nurse gently picks up the bundle?

But the mother is gone

In the darkness his head falls

As the chorus arrives

He wakes up late in the third act

To those radiant eyes

Righteous woman, laying down the law, getting on a glow

Righteous woman, surrendering to the full, ecstatic flow

Now she looks out and sees the brass buttons glinting in the tenth row

Righteous woman, righteous woman

Righteous woman hears the knock on her dressing room door

She takes the note and reads it then let's it drop to the floor

Now she drifts on down slowly to the backstage door

Righteous woman, righteous woman