Annie And The Aztec Cross

Delilah said of her book
 I hadn't been paying attention
 When she gave me that disapproving look
 I said "I was thinkin' 'bout Annie,"
 Delilah said "Please not again."
 She said "Babe I'm just not in the mood,
 To hear about your dying friend."
 She was torn by the waves of the city
 But the price was too high a cost
 I remember her lookin' so pretty
 Thinkin' bout' Annie and the Aztec cross
 Annie found religion in Lima
 At the temple of Martin De Pourus
 She said, "I never understood the love of God,
 And just how much he adores us
 So pray for the wicked, pray for the weak
 Pray for the martyrs and pray for the meek
 And pray for all the forgotten souls
 That passed in vain before us"
 Her words fl owed just like a river
 But her ghost hung like Spanish moss
 There was a peace that nobody could give her
 Thinkin' 'bout Annie and the Aztec cross
 Annie painted pictures of Jesus
 She could talk for hours about Magdeline
 And how the gates of the free and the righteous
 Are open to hearts heavy with sin
 She was Indian on her mother's side
 Irish on the side of her dad
 That girl could drink you under the table,
 But the drinkin' got to gettin' her feelin' sad
 Burning with amber and sandalwood
 But things never worked out the way I thought they
 Would
 For Annie and the Aztec cross
 She traveled South and Central America
 I got a letter every month for years
 Until one day I opened a package
 And with the letter realized my deepest fears
 I don't know if she was shootin'
 She just said, "my days are few
 And enclosed is my beautiful Aztec cross
 I only wanted Michael to be with you
 But when you think of me, think with a smile
 Shed not a single tear for me
 Cause you know my faith is oh so strong
 Know that I'll be watching over thee"
 Peacock feathers blowin' around in this room
 A raven beauty that we have lost
 I dream of her dancing 'neath the Peruvian moon
 Remembering... Annie and the Aztec cross
 Remember!