Mea Culpa

What're you saying?

He said "I'm sorry, I committed a sin,

I made a mistake.

I asked (?????) to forgive me... "please forgive me."

He said "Mea Culpa, can you put it better?"

I'm saying "I'm sorry, I made a mistake, I made... I committed a sin,

I made a mistake. And I'm never gonna do it again,

I never did it before and I'm never gonna do it again."

Songtext: Inflamed caller and smooth politician replying, both unidentified. Radio call-in show, New York