Medusa, Cynthia McQuillin

Once I did great beauty crave
It was the gift the goddess gave
I served her in the temple square
Until Poseidon saw me there

Chorus:
Be not a beauty proud or vain,
For mortal maid it will be your bane.

The gods are jealous of love and power
Break faith we're told and we rue the hour
But mortal flesh can stir desire
That kindles even immortal fire

Chorus:
Be not a beauty proud or vain,
For mortal maid it will be your bane.

To Aphrodite sworn was I,
But how could I a god deny?
She cursed me infidel forsworn
And my great beauty she deformed

Chorus:
Be not a beauty proud or vain,
For mortal maid it will be your bane.

The years go by, my hatred grows
For all that lives and loves and knows
Despised and feared I dwell alone
Now my face can turn a man to stone

Chorus:
Be not a beauty proud or vain,
For mortal maid it will be your bane.