Ave Maria, ave Maria

Every echo deathly old
Every crucifix drowned in gold
Every litany a curse run cold

Invocation wrung dry
Benediction bid goodbye
In a place where love comes to die

But there's a new noise in the church
It's the sound of a spanner in the works
Ave Maria, ave Maria

Unholy choir
Where fallen angels
Don't fear to tread

There's a racket and a ring
See the madcaps coil and spring
Hear the hymnal start to swing

Holy mother come down
Say a prayer to sense and sound
Take my arm and we'll dance around

For there's a new noise in the church
It's the sound of a spanner in the works
Ave Maria, ave Maria

Unholy choir (waking the dead)
Where fallen angels don't fear to tread

Unholy choir (waking the dead)
Where fallen angels don't fear to tread

Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love

Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love

Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love

Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Must give birth and love
Won't give birth and love