I tell myself I won't weep till she holds me And it's true I won't My Uncle Jack went to Purdue But he sometimes says Purdon't
Heard the Purdue Glee Club once Garrison Keillor's Prairie Home Companion Ain't no altars on this my Road now I practice a faith that's been long abandoned
But I do pray to the statue Mother Mary and her Baby Boy She knows now I still love her She wished me abundant joy
Will I ever see her again? The Wheel is still in spin Cardinal Newman is right You have to lose to win