Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy

Subject: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: GUEST,fishbulb
Date: 10 Jan 06 - 11:08 AM

Can anybody tell me the artist that wrote:

Jesus was a cowboy
God's own country Son
Blessed are the peacemakers
The Colt and Gatling gun



and:


The drugs fit the face
The drugs fit the face
The drugs fit the face
The drugs fit the face
The
Drugs.
Fit.
The.
Face.


Anybody have any clue what this album is??

Thank you!!!

fishbulb

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: Sorcha
Date: 10 Jan 06 - 11:24 AM

Don't know if he wrote it or not, but found this....MP3 there too.
JAMIE GAZELLE
http://itsfun.com/search/?k=Gospel&type=4

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: open mike
Date: 10 Jan 06 - 11:25 AM

i am interested in seeing the responses to this..
are these 2 different songs on the same album? by the same band?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: mack/misophist
Date: 10 Jan 06 - 08:10 PM

Three Dead Trolls In a Baggie did it too. Rather tongue in cheek.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 04:36 AM

Thanks guys, for your thinking with me!
I think the two songs are by the same band, but I'm not sure. I'm asking on behalf of a friend.

fishbulb

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: GUEST,Harper
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 04:51 AM

Hello -

I'm responding on behalf of Fishbulb who kindly put the request up for me (I was struggling to navigate the forum!!).

Yes - those are two songs off of the same album, which I recall listening to in the 80's - probably mid 80's. The album was pretty good all the way through and I'm trying to track it down again.

I am unable to listen to the "Jamie Gazelle" version that someone has linked to but I'm thinking it's not that. It certainly isn't a gospel song (unless it's been reworked) and I don't think it was called "Jesus was a Cowboy", that's just part of the lyric. It was quite a damning song if I recall, and based on that lyric.

Any clues?

The "Drugs fit the face" - it opens with that being repeated qwuite fast, then it slows down and after that I can't remember much more. I included that song reference to form the associative bond to the album.

Thanks for your interest!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: Peace
Date: 11 Jan 06 - 10:11 AM

www.thepassage.co.uk/texts/clear_as_crystal.html

Google the above or the below

the passage - texts - clear as crystal

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 15 Jan 06 - 12:48 PM

The first of the two songs requested is CLEAR AS CRYSTAL and the second is DRUGFACE. Both were written by Dick Witts and recorded by the British rock band The Passage on their album "Enflame," 1982. Their music has been described as synth-pop or electro-pop. Click the links to see the lyrics.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: open mike
Date: 15 Jan 06 - 02:19 PM

THIS IS NOT THE SONG YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
But here is a bit of the one that Sorcha found
from what i can hear of it...

JESUS WAS A COWBOY
by JAMIE GAZELLE

Jesus was a cowboy
He rode that Israel range
He taught us how to love and pray
But some folks said he was so strange

Jesus never carried no guns
His word was a sword
He got him a posse of 12 good men
And he set out to save the world

With heaven as a reward
He's roped my soul
He's branded my heart

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Jesus was a cowboy
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 15 Jan 06 - 06:19 PM

No he wasn't: he was a Carpenter - ask Mary!