prettiest girl in town

little Miss Goodie two-shoes

seduced by the knight of darkness

his angel’s face a beguiling mask

Faust called him Mephisto

you name him the devil

but I call him man

one fleeting night of shadow and fire

Faust called her Gretchen

you name her harlot, whore

but I call her Woman

young life severed

damned, condemned

Oh, Gretchen, you lived then

you live now

and we shall see you rise

again and again