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Thread #114182   Message #2434831
Posted By: katlaughing
09-Sep-08 - 12:08 AM
Thread Name: Jesus was a community organizer!
Subject: LYR ADD: Jesus was a Capricorn
Don't tell that to Kris Kristofferson, Q:

Jesus was a Capricorn, he ate organic foods.
He believed in love and peace and never wore no shoes.
Long hair, beard and sandals and a funky bunch of friends.
Reckon they'd just nail him up if He come down again.

'Cos everybody's got to have somebody to look down on.
Who they can feel better than at anytime they please.
Someone doin' somethin' dirty, decent folks can frown on.
If you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me.

Get back, John!

Egg Head's cousin Red Neck's cussin' hippies for their hair.
Others laugh at straights who laugh at freaks who laugh at squares.
Some folks hate the whites who hate the blacks who hate the clan.
Most of us hate anything that we don't understand.

'Cos everybody's got to have somebody to look down on.
Who they can feel better than at anytime they please.
Someone doin' somethin' dirty, decent folks can frown on.
If you can't find nobody else, then help yourself to me.

Help yourself, brother.
Help yourself, Gentlemen.
Help yourself Reverend.

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Anyone know if John Prine wrote that? I'd always thought Kristofferson wrote it and never have seen reference to Prine until now. Now, all of the lyrics sites have "(Owed to John Prine") posted with the lyrics.