Tori Amos - Beulah Land

Beulah Land is a well-known gospel hymn written by Edgar Page Stites (1836-1921) [a Methodist] in either 1875 or 1876. The hymn, Stites&most popular, is set to music written by John R. Sweney (1837-1899). That song refers to the return of the Jews from their exile in Babylon in which the Jews shall no longer be called Forsaken, but Hephzibah (My Delight Is in Her), and Jerusalem shall no longer be called Desolate, but Beulah (Married). This implies that the Jews have turned back to the worship of God. (Wikipedia) "Give me religion - and a lobotomy"... Tori Amos (daughter of a Methodist priest, in fact) wrote this very different song about Beulah. Sarcasm is always to be found in Tori&lyrics, but please decide for yourself what you think of it... ;-) The song was recorded in 1996 for her album "Boys For Pelé", but it was not released until her next album "From The Choirgirl Hotel" in 1998 - and only as a &Therefore, many people probably didn&know about this little melodic gem before the box set "A Piano - the Collection" was released a few years ago (see the background picture).