It's A Miracle Lyrics

Lyric discussion by reedc79 

Cover art for It's A Miracle lyrics by Roger Waters

I need help Floyd fans. Who's the "babe" and what was the "it" that she called miraculous. The Philadelphia line still doesn't make sense to me. I read a Wikipedia synopsis on The Scarlet Letter and I saw nothing about Philadelphia, so that can't be it. The biblical stuff is a little obscure also.

What's great about Roger Waters though, is that if you didn't understand a lick of English, you would still be able pick up on the cynicism and sarcasm through the tone of his voice. That's good stuff.

"Sex in Pennsylvania" being a miracle is a sarcastic reference to Pennsylvania being founded by Quakers who practiced celibacy.