Sinéad O’Connor

Released: August 11, 2014

Songwriter: Graham Kearns John Reynolds Sinéad O’Connor

Producer: John Reynolds

[Verse 1]
I don't wanna love the way I loved before
I don't wanna love that way no more
What have I been writing love songs for
I don't want to write them anymore
I don't wanna sing from where I sang before
I don't wanna sing that way no more
What I've been singing love songs for
I don't wanna sing them anymore
I don't wanna be that girl no more
I don't wanna cry no more
I don't wanna die no more
So cut me down from this here tree
Cut the rope from off of me
Sit me on the floor
I'm the only one I should adore

[Chorus]
Oh, take me to church
I've done so many bad things, it hurts
Yeah, take me to church
But not the ones that hurt
'Cause that ain't the truth
And that's not what it's worth
Yeah, take me to church
Oh, take me to church
I've done so many bad things, it hurts
Yeah, get me to church
But not the ones that hurt
Cause that ain't the truth
And that's not what it's worth

[Verse 2]
I'm gonna sing songs of loving and forgiving
Songs of eating and of drinking
Songs of living, songs of calling in the night
Cause' songs are like a bolt of light
And love's the only love you should invite
Songs of long and spiteful fails
Songs that don't let you sit still
Songs that mend your broken bones
And that don't leave you alone
So get me down from this here tree
Take the rope from off of me
Sit me on the floor
I'm the only one I should adore

[Chorus]
Oh, take me to church
I've done so many bad things, it hurts
Yeah, take me to church
But not the ones that hurt
'Cause that ain't the truth
And that's not what it's worth
Yeah, take me to church
Oh, take me to church
I've done so many bad things, it hurts
Yeah, get me to church
But not the ones that hurt
Cause that ain't the truth
And that's not what it's worth

Sinéad O'Connor (who goes by Shuhada' Sadaqat in her private life) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 80s with her album The Lion and the Cobra and achieved worldwide success with her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares to You” in 1990.

O'Connor was discovered in 1985 when Nigel Grainge of Ensign Records saw her band Ton Ton Macoute perform. Although he was not fond of the band’s music, he was impressed by O'Connor’s ‘amazing voice’. Grainge had O'Connor record four songs with Karl Wallinger (World Party) and signed her to his label. O'Connor’s first single was the song “Heroine” which she co-wrote with U2’s guitarist The Edge for the film Captive.

Her debut album The Lion and the Cobra was a sensation when it was released in 1987, reaching gold record status and earning a Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy nomination. O'Connor’s debut single “Troy” charted in The Netherlands and Belgium, and “Mandinka”, released in late 1987, cracked the top 20 in the UK and top 30 in three other European countries, helping her album chart well in Europe. Spin Magazine described the album as a “remarkable, still-spine-tingling first record”.

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