Come Home (Cardinal Pell)

It’s a lovely day in ballarat

I’m kicking back, thinking of you oh oh oh

I hear that you’ve been poorly

I am sorry that you’re feeling blue oh oh oh

I know what it’s like when you feel a little shitty

You just want to curl up and have an itty-bitty doona day

But a lot of people here really miss you, georgie

They really think you oughta just get on a plane

(Just get on a plane)

We all just want you to

Come home, cardinal pell

I know you’re not feeling well

And being crook ain’t much fun

Even so, we think you should come

Home, cardinal pell

Come down from your citadel

It’s just the right thing to do

We have a right to know what you knew

Couldn’t you see what was under your nose, georgie

Back in ’73 when you were living with gerry?

Is it true that you knew but you chose to ignore

Or did you actively try to keep it buried?

And years later, when survivors, despite their shame and their fear

Stood up to tell their stories, you spent year after year

Working hard to protect the church’s assets

I mean, with all due respect, dude, I think you’re scum!

And I reckon you should

Come home, cardinal pell (cardinal pell)

I know you’re not feeling well

Perhaps you just need some sun

It’s lovely here, you should come

Home, you pompous buffoon (pompous buffoon)

And I suggest do it soon

I hear the tolling of the bell

And it has a pellian knell

I want to be transparent here, george, I’m not the greatest fan of your religion

And I personally believe that those who cover up abuse should go to prison

But your ethical hypocrisy, your intellectual vacuity, and your arrogance don’t bother me as much

As the fact that you have turned out to be such a goddamn coward

You’re a coward, georgie (you’re a coward, george)

Come and face the music, georgie (face the music, george)

You owe it to the victims, georgie (you owe it, george)

Come and face the music, the music

Hallelujah, hallelujah!

If the lord God omnipotent reigneth

He would take one look at you and say

(One look at you and say)

Go home, cardinal pell

I’ve got a nice spot in hell (nice spot in hell)

With your name on it and so

I suggest you toughen up and go

Home, cardinal pell (cardinal pell)

I’m sure they’ll make you feel wel-

Come at the pub in ballarat

They just want a beer and a chat

Come home, cardinal pell (cardinal pell)

I know you’re scared, georgie-poo (come home)

They have a right to know what you knew

Your time is running out to atone, georgie

I think the lord is calling you home, georgie

Perhaps he could forgive even you

If you just let them know what you knew

Oh, cardinal pell

My lawyer just rang me to tell

Me this song

Could get me in legal trouble

Oh well, cardinal pell

If you don’t feel compelled

To come home by

A sense of moral duty

Perhaps you will come home and frickin’ sue me