Intro: A E
Verse 1:
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Jesus was an Atheist he was a friend of mine
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We hooked up in temple back in Roman Palestine
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We became friends it was the best of both worlds
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I was good at stealing silver he was good at bullyin' girls
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He said they're going to kill me when we go out smokin'
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I thought he meant the cigarettes
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But Jesus wasn't jokin'
Verse 2:
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Mary was a pragmatist and virgin rolled in one
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One day she said to Joseph Joe, I think the time has come
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Your boy needs to get a job try the laundromat'
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Joseph said, 'he ain't my boy think we settled that'
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Mary said something about semantics with a smile
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Joe said, 'I'm going drinkin'
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I'll be back in a little while'
Verse 3:
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I heard somebody say esus was a Capricorn
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Jesus told me once on the day he was born
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A giant super nova exploded in the sky
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He said he didn't know what it was supposed to signify
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I lost touch with him and he lost touch with me
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The next thing I remember
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He was big in Galilee
Verse 4:
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We were walkin' in the desert trading big hits from a bong
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They said it was 40 days it didn't seem that long
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I was trying to talk him out of such a pointless sacrifice
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He said it was the only way he got to paradise
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I said, 'You might be high' he said I was mistaken
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But watching him die
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Was truly heartbreakin'
Verse 5:
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Jesus descended I guess you'd call it that
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I'm down here, baby what the hell you lookin' at?
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I sometimes wonder if we'd stay friends
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How am I to change the way this party ends?
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I know you all believe that Jesus was divine
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Jesus was an atheist
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He was a friend of mine