JESUS 

© 2013 by David Poe. Charming Martyr Music (BMI). All rights reserved. 

  

JESUS WAS A BASTARD 

AN ILLEGAL ALIEN 

BORN TO TRAVELERS 

AN ENEMY COMBATANT 

  

HE WAS A DRIFTER 

MOSTLY UNEMPLOYED 

DID MANUAL LABOR 

TURNING SORROW INTO JOY 

  

HE WAS NOT A CHRISTIAN 

HE WAS NOT A "GOOD JEW" 

HE WASN'T A MUSLIM 

HE WAS TABOO 

  

AND HE WAS HOMELESS 

SLEPT IN THE PARK 

DDIN'T HAVE AN ADDRESS 

HE WEPT IN THE DARK 

  

HE WAS A VANDAL 

AN IMMIGRANT CHILD 

TORE IT UP AT THE TEMPLE 

HE RAN WILD 

  

HE WAS A LOW-LIFE 

HE HUNG OUT WITH WHORES 

AND FOR HIS WHOLE LIFE 

HE WAS POOR 

  

AND HE WAS DIRTY 

DUST ON HIS FEET 

DIDN'T LIVE MUCH PAST 30 

BUT HIS WORK WAS COMPLETE 

  

HE MADE CHOICES 

THAT WOUND HIM UP DEAD 

HE HEARD VOICES 

INSIDE HIS HEAD 

  

HE WAS RECKLESS 

THEY SAID HE WASN'T DEVOUT 

THAT CROSS ON YOUR NECKLACE 

THAT'S HOW THEY TOOK HIM OUT 

  

'CAUSE HE WAS COMMON 

AND RARELY ALONE 

SAID HE WHO'S WITHOUT SIN 

SHOULD CAST THE FIRST STONE 

  

HE ROLLED WITH THE BROTHERS 

HE SPOKE IN A SLANG 

BROKE IT DOWN FOR THE OTHERS 

HE RAN WITH A GANG 

  

HE DIDN'T MIND HIS OWN BUSINESS 

HE GAVE HIS OPINION 

MADE EVERYONE RESTLESS 

THIS JEWISH PALESTINIAN 

  

HE HAD ANGER 

HE HAD PAIN 

HE BROUGHT DANGER 

HE BROUGHT RAIN 

  

HE HAD PATIENCE 

HE HAD DOUBT 

HE HAD FAITH IN HIM 

THAT'S WHAT HE'S ALL ABOUT 

  

HE SAW THE FUTURE 

HE SAW THE PAST 

HE SAW A NEW WORLD 

SAID THIS ONE WON'T LAST 

  

HE SAW THE FUTURE 

HE SAW THE PAST 

HE SAW A NEW WORLD 

SAID THIS ONE WON'T LAST 

  

HE SAW THE FUTURE 

HE SAW THE PAST 

HE SAW A NEW WORLD 

SAID THIS ONE WON'T LAST 

  

THIS ONE WON'T LAST 

THIS ONE WON'T LAST 

THIS ONE WON'T LAST 

THIS ONE WON'T LAST