Canción compuesta por Van Morrison, Patti Smith adaptó así la letra:
Jesus died for somebodys sins but not mine
Meltin in a pot of thieves
Wild card up my sleeve
Thick heart of stone
My sins my own they belong to me, me
People say beware!
But I dont care
The words are just rules and regulations to me, me
I-i walk in a room,
you know I look so proud
Im movin in this here atmosphere,
well, anythings allowed
And I go to this here party
and I just get bored
Until I look out the window, see a sweet young thing
Humpin on the parking meter,
leanin on the parking meter
Oh, she looks so good,
oh, she looks so fine
And I got this crazy feeling
and then Im gonna ah-ah
make her mine
Ooh Ill put my spell on her
Here she comes
Walkin down the street
Here she comes
Comin through my door
Here she comes
Crawlin up my stair
Here she comes
Waltzin through the hall
In a pretty red dress
And oh, she looks so good,
oh, she looks so fine
And I got this crazy feeling that Im gonna ah-ah
make her mine
And then I hear this knockin on my door
Hear this knockin on my door
And I look up into the big tower clock
And say, oh my God heres midnight!
And my baby is walkin through the door
Leanin on my couch she whispers to me
and I take the big plunge
And oh, she was so good and
oh, she was so fine
And Im gonna tell the world that I just ah-ah
made her mine
And I said darling, tell me your name, she told me her name
She whispered to me,
she told me her nameAnd her name is,
and her name is,
and her name is,
and her name is g-l-o-r-i-aG-l-o-r-i-a gloria g-l-o-r-i-a gloriaG-l-o-r-i-a gloria g-l-o-r-i-a gloriaI was at the stadium
There were twenty thousand girls called their names out to me
Marie and ruth but to tell you the truth
I didnt hear them I didnt see
I let my eyes rise to the big tower clockAnd
I heard those bells chimin in my heart
Going ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong.Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong
Counting the time, then you came to my room
And you whispered to me and we took the big plunge
And oh. you were so good,
oh, you were so fine
And I gotta tell the world that I make her mine
make her mine
Make her mine make her mine make her mine make her mine
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