Babylon the Great, pt. 3

(Some parts are hard to interpret, especially for me with English not being my native language. So please correct parts or fill them!)
Well, they carried me away with the spirit into the wilderness
And before I could blink I looked back and saw everything was gone
And I saw a woman sitting on a silent beach surrounded by precious stones
And I longed for a spot just like that to lay my love upon
So we strode along not quite in love but in something less frightening
And she was so wise, maybe the wisest that I ever saw.
She said: you got lucky I'm a to be your queer if you like that
I said: I got a dollar and some change for your [ ... ]
Oh, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots, Abomination of the Earth
How many things do you know for sure?
Soon I was discovered by others who sought to unveil me
But I had no faith and whatever them few of them saw
So I gleefully, willfully folded them blades into my chest
And I pointed my teeth to my heart, I proceeded to gnaw
Oh, when I had a dog he was loyal, but he wasn't handsome
And he laughed like a song when his manners had led him astray.
So I whistled an old one the stars and his name, hope you like that
It was sunny side up, you can call it what you want, but I have never called it that way.
Oh, Babylon the Great, Mother of Harlots, Abomination of the Earth
How many things do you know for sure?