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Jesus Wept
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Ralph McTell
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The day that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem The adventure almost over, the night he hadn't slept Dreams and premonitions made him tired and emotional And that's why Jesus wept He wasn't scared of dying, he'd made that commitment Fulfilling the old prophecy, his bargain he had kept He was due some satisfaction, but he was deeply troubled And that's why Jesus wept Was this his true destiny, or could he still make changes Someone else's nightmare into which he'd stepped? Damage limitation couldn't save the situation And that's why Jesus wept In his dream he saw the crusade and all wars that would follow Declared in his name when he thought he'd been direct Love thy neighbour, do not kill, and turn the other cheek And that's why Jesus wept And he saw the inquisition and the burning of the saints And the conversion of the innocents he swore he would protect And he saw them bless the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima And that's why Jesus wept Though Peter would betray him, he made him the rock On which he would build his church to sort of keep him in his debt A man about to die is allowed some confusion And that's why Jesus wept
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