Jesus Sings the Blues

somebody help me
somebody set me free
i'm stuck here forever
on the family tree
they nailed me to it
and then i died
then i rose to heaven
formerly crucified
but heaven's elusive
i found this so
been flying for two thousand years
still got a ways to go
my body is frozen
in time and in space
i'm looking for my daddy
so i can punch his face
yeah, so i can punch his face

momma was a virgin
poppa was a god
he liked them jewish girls
he liked their bods
he said, oh, pretty baby
lay down in bed
i will whisper sweet nothings
right into your head
don't be scared, little baby
relax tonight
i'll take care of you, honey
i'll do what's right
and then pretty momma
she sighed and moaned
someone cried 'dear jesus:
time to come home'
come home, baby jesus
come and join the choir
sing up to heaven
let's all get higher
but heaven's elusive
i found this so
been flying for two thousand years
still got a ways to go
my body is frozen
in time and in space
i'm looking for my daddy
so i can punch his face
yeah, so i can punch his face

i went to the desert
and faced my fear
i dig the desert
everything so clear
it came in an instant
it came in a flash
i will not be tempted
don't want your cash
i saw all the ages
of mice and of men
you come in with nothin'
then you go out again
what is there to hold onto?
what is there to possess?
from nothin' comes nothin'
nothin' to confess
i was supposed to save mankind
from their creator
who was my father
this makes good theater
i know it's confusing
that it makes no sense
scare all the people
make them all tense
my body is frozen
in time and in space
i'm looking for my daddy
so i can punch his face
yeah, so i can punch his face

he ought to feel pain once
which is where i came in
he had all these rules
he created sin
but he couldn't connect up
he could not relate
he was an angry god
filled with rage and hate
he said he loved the people
but he was full of shit
he'd burn you in a second
throw you in a pit
so why make a child
half god, half man?
what does it matter
to that big old god man?
well, i guess it don't matter
a god cannot fail
he put me in judea
they put in the nails
so why kill a god
who won't really die
to replenish the crops
to make the girls cry
to replenish the crops
to make the girls cry
my body is frozen
in time and in space
i'm looking for my daddy
so i can punch his face
yeah, so i can punch his face

somebody help me
somebody set me free
i'm stuck here forever
on the family tree
they nailed me to it
and then i died
then i rose to heaven
formerly crucified
but heaven's elusive
i found this so
been flying for two thousand years
still got a ways to go
my body is frozen
in time and in space
i'm looking for my daddy
so i can punch his face
yeah, so i can punch his face

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