Vanity Was quick to believe All the lies between right and wrong Sanity Was fighting the evil When purity came along Seems to me That I've crossed the river Of Rubicon Mary I'm too young for dying I feel the heat coming on Mary The dark clouds are crying Where happiness should have shone Mary I'm left on the far side Of Rubicon Magic Mary Mother Mercy May my mind meet me Bit by bit And little by little And more or less, I proceed In facing it I played my fiddle With selfishness and with greed A hypocrite Even the evil Was meant to be I'm Even the evil Was meant to be I'm facing it Even the evil Was meant to be