St. Teresa isn't necessarily a person, but a place. She says "Corner St. Teresa..." as if she is talking about a landmark. Either a street named so where this person is located or even, and I've actually looked it up, a church by the name of St. Teresa (which there is one where she lived in Kentucky and one in New York City, where she also lived) that this person she speaks of in the song is found.
Of course it really could be about anyone. A prostitute or even just a homeless mother with her baby on the street who is sick, or makes money by hooking, or something of that sort.
If you are sticking to her actually talking about St. Teresa herself, there's two who's patronages match for this story she could be telling. There's Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, which is for AIDS sufferers, missions and a few other things. Then there's Saint Teresa of Ávila, loss of parents, people in need of grace and so on.
St. Teresa isn't necessarily a person, but a place. She says "Corner St. Teresa..." as if she is talking about a landmark. Either a street named so where this person is located or even, and I've actually looked it up, a church by the name of St. Teresa (which there is one where she lived in Kentucky and one in New York City, where she also lived) that this person she speaks of in the song is found.
Of course it really could be about anyone. A prostitute or even just a homeless mother with her baby on the street who is sick, or makes money by hooking, or something of that sort.
If you are sticking to her actually talking about St. Teresa herself, there's two who's patronages match for this story she could be telling. There's Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, which is for AIDS sufferers, missions and a few other things. Then there's Saint Teresa of Ávila, loss of parents, people in need of grace and so on.