Cifras
The Man Who Called Himself Jesus

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He came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes
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And said, "You know I'm Jesus", and I must have looked surprised
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Because he said, "Please don't be hasty, no-one understands
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But I've got a way to prove it", and he lifted up his hands
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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For a minute I was speechless, then I looked into his face
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With sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race
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And I said, "You must be joking", but he slowly shook his head
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And said "That's what they all say, I might as well be dead."
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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He asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach
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And I said "Well try a church, or maybe Brighton Beach"
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And I was trying to be serious, but he didn't seem impressed
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He said, "You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest."
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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I was really quite embarrassed, he was looking so sincere
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So I said, "I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer?"
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Then he asked me if I meant it, and he gave a funny smile
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And said he'd rather like that, and he hung around awhile
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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On the way he stopped to pat little children's heads
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And taught them one line prayers to say, when they went off to their beds
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But mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide-eyed
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And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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In the pub I asked him, if he'd tried to see the Pope
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And he said although he'd thought about it, there was really not a hope
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Then he said he thought he'd better go, he had some work to do
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He said he'd come and see me in about a week or two
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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Well after he had gone, I thought of what he'd said
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And all his funny actions, they kept running through my head
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And when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud
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It seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood
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He was the man who called himself Jesus
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He was the man who called himself Jesus