Button Up, Sister

Intro

Ahem

(Ahem)

Sisters, be seated

Verse 1

Parlour's packed in eighteen seventy-two

Bonnets bowed in the second pew

Then I spot a shoulder, pale and bare

Half the congregation starts to stare

Velvet frayed from the cuff to the hem

Neckline low as the final Amen

Smelling salts for the vicar's wife

(Vicar's wife)

Worst she's seen in her sheltered life

Pre-Chorus

Glove comes off and my finger's up

Deacon nearly drops the communion cup

Lamps turned high so the sinners show

Sister, sit, you're not free to go

Chorus

Button up, sister, button it tight

(Button up, sister)

Nothing past the collar in the candlelight

Hide the ankles, glove the wrist

Dress the piano legs, it's on my list

Lower your eyes and raise your lace

(Raise your lace)

Sin looks awful on a pretty face

Verse 2

Three-four time at the harvest ball

Half an inch too close in the village hall

Rouge on the cheek and a curl hung loose

Save your fluttering, there's no excuse

Parasol tipped for a sailor's wink

Scandal travels faster than you think

Perfumed letters sealed in wax

I've read them all, I've got the facts

Pre-Chorus

Glove comes off and my finger's up

Deacon nearly drops the communion cup

Lamps turned high so the sinners show

Sister, sit, you're not free to go

Chorus

Button up, sister, button it tight

(Button up, sister)

Nothing past the collar in the candlelight

Hide the ankles, glove the wrist

Dress the piano legs, it's on my list

Lower your eyes and raise your lace

(Raise your lace)

Sin looks awful on a pretty face

Bridge

Mary Hale laughed through the whole of the psalm

Doctor wrote "hysteria" with a steady palm

Iron van at the chapel gate

Husband signed, and it's far too late

(Far too late)

Pipe Organ Solo

Final Chorus

Magdalene laundry, scrub it white

(Scrub it white)

Knuckles cracked and the gate locked tight

What you earn belongs to the man you wed

Keep your voice as low as your bowed-down head

Outro

Candles out and the sermon's done

Count the pews, we're missing one

(Missing one)

Amen

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