Righteous Woman - Paul Kelly

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’s summoned at the station

He’s taken down to the hole

He limps in late in the darkness

And takes his seat in the stalls

Righteous woman starts off little

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 a hospital doorstep

Lies a baby newborn

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 her 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 lets it drop to the floor

Now she drifts on down slowly

To the backstage door

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman

Righteous woman