The Man Who Called Himself Jesus

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He came into the shop and looked me 
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straight between the eyes
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And said, "You know I'm Jesus", and
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 I must have looked surprised
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Because he said, "Please don't be 
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hasty, no-one understands
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But I've got a way to prove it", 
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and he lifted up his hands
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He was the man who called himself 
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Jesus


For a minute I was speechless, then 
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I looked into his face
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With sufficient lines of sadness 
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for the total human race
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And I said, "You must be joking", 
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but he slowly shook his head
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And said "That's what they all say,
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 I might as well be dead."
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He was the man who called himself 
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Jesus


He asked me if I knew a place where 
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he could start to preach
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And I said "Well try a church, or 
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maybe Brighton Beach"
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And I was trying to be serious, but
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 he didn't seem impressed
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He said, "You think I'm crazy, 
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you're just like all the rest."
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He was the man who called himself 
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Jesus


I was really quite embarrassed, he 
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was looking so sincere
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So I said, "I close the shop soon, 
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won't you come and have a beer?"
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Then he asked me if I meant it, and
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 he gave a funny smile
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And said he'd rather like that, and
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 he hung around awhile
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He was the man who called himself 
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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
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 say, when they went off to their 
beds
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But mostly they were frightened and
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 they looked at him wide-eyed
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And when he said his name was 
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Jesus, one girl even cried
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He was the man who called himself 
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Jesus


In the pub I asked him, if he'd 
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tried to see the Pope
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And he said although he'd thought 
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about it, there was really not a 
hope
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Then he said he thought he'd better
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 go, he had some work to do
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He said he'd come and see me in 
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about a week or two
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He was the man who called himself 
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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 
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kept running through my head
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And when I felt my mind was 
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drowning in a sea of mud
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It seemed his pint of beer had 
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turned into a pint of blood
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He was the man who called himself 
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Jesus
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He was the man who called himself 
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Jesus