[Verse 1]

Jeannie has been throwing up all morning

The poor girl's been so heartsick

Ever since her boyfriend went to war

Father Cole's done his best to console the girl

More so than some neighbors deem necessary

But you just can't measure young love

[Chorus 1]

Picketing the clinic outside town

Father Cole holds the record for turning twelve girls around

If anybody knows the sorrows of the young woman, it's

[Verse 2]

Father Cole, he's been acting out of sorts

That strange sermon he gave accepted termination due to rape

Jeannie whispers she's carrying

But there's one awful catch

Her boyfriend's been off in the desert for half a year

[Chorus 2]

Cole cried, "This simply cannot be"

She quipped quite the opposite, "I'm hardly The Virgin Mary

And you're no carpenter, so who will build my home?"

"Jeannie you are just a kid, you can't conceive such mortal sins"

Everything will be all right

[Bridge]

What happens in confession

Stays in the confessional

What happens in confession

Stays in the confessional

What happens in confession

Stays in the confessional

So what goes on behind those curtains?

[Outro]

"Jeannie you're just a kid

You won't conceive this mortal sin"