[Verse 1]
The girl, she passed away on boxing day
She tried to sell her life away the night before she died
The price she paid was way too high to be a bride
The congregation never saw her wearing white

[Chorus]
Caught in the act, but I won't be caught dead
Give it up, give it up trying to make it out alive
Your whispers over the water
You're gone, gone, gone like a ghost
Never mother, only daughter
She knows, she knows, she knows

[Verse 2]
The girl was buried in a shallow grave
The town could barely spare the space to put her in the ground
The church was built on empty prayer and precious stones
Bought and sold by barons who stole everything they owned

[Chorus]
Caught in the act, but I won't be caught dead
Give it up, give it up trying to make it out alive
Your whispers over the water
You're gone, gone, gone like a ghost
Never mother, only daughter
She knows, she knows, she knows
[Bridge]
Caught in the act, but I won't be caught dead
Give it up, give it up trying to make it out alive
Your whispers over the water
(Caught in the act, but I won't be caught dead)
You're gone, gone, gone like a ghost
(Give it up, give it up trying to make it out alive)
Never mother, only daughter
(Caught in the act, but I won't be caught dead)
She knows, she knows, she knows
(Give it up, give it up trying to make it out alive)

[Outro]
The town was washed away by floods in '64
The river disregards the graves of rich and poor
The water washed away the bodies to the moor
And brought together all the bankers and the whores
And brought together all the bankers and the whores