At St. Claire's School Religion class Began with mass each day It was said in Latin then That's how I learned to pray The nuns appeared in black and white And so did every rule Things were either wrong or right At St. Claire's Catholic School Hosanna, Hosanna in excelsis, excelsis But then the rules began to change And many lost their way What was always black and white Was turning shades of gray Holy, Holy, Holy, Holy Lord Though mass it said in English now To make us more aware Confusion seemed to reign Supreme But God it's everywhere The Churh is quite aggressive now Though people riducle the fact that So mayn things are optional It's hard to find a rule But through it all I've often said Those ancient Latin prayers That I first learned when growing up Catholic at St. Claire's Hosanna, Hosanna in excelsis, in excelsis, in excelsis, in excelsis