American Jesus
It's confounding on at least a million levels
It's hard to say just who's to blame
It's likely some odd mix of the world the flesh and the devil
Somehow it all falls out the same
What we do and say and the things in which we revel
They don't look much like the way
We were told to love or to care for the disheveled
It's like a different picture's on display
Oh oh tell me who's this American Jesus
'Cause he don't look a single thing like the words in red
Oh no it's tearing a heartfelt faith in pieces
American Jesus
Heaven save us
From American Jesus
Rights and privilege triumph over grace and kindness
Yeah we swap 'em out with rank disdain
For every living soul who dares not to be like us
And find a way to do it in his name
But oh oh tell me who's this American Jesus
'Cause he don't look a single thing like the words in red
Oh no it's tearing a precious faith in pieces
American Jesus
Heaven save us
When will we open up our eyes
Heaven help us realize
Oh oh and crucify this American Jesus
'Cause he don't look a single thing like the words in red
Oh no it's tearing a heartfelt faith in pieces
American Jesus
Heaven save us
American Jesus
Heaven save us
From American Jesus
American Jesus
American Jesus
It's hard to say just who's to blame
It's likely some odd mix of the world the flesh and the devil
Somehow it all falls out the same
What we do and say and the things in which we revel
They don't look much like the way
We were told to love or to care for the disheveled
It's like a different picture's on display
Oh oh tell me who's this American Jesus
'Cause he don't look a single thing like the words in red
Oh no it's tearing a heartfelt faith in pieces
American Jesus
Heaven save us
From American Jesus
Rights and privilege triumph over grace and kindness
Yeah we swap 'em out with rank disdain
For every living soul who dares not to be like us
And find a way to do it in his name
But oh oh tell me who's this American Jesus
'Cause he don't look a single thing like the words in red
Oh no it's tearing a precious faith in pieces
American Jesus
Heaven save us
When will we open up our eyes
Heaven help us realize
Oh oh and crucify this American Jesus
'Cause he don't look a single thing like the words in red
Oh no it's tearing a heartfelt faith in pieces
American Jesus
Heaven save us
American Jesus
Heaven save us
From American Jesus
American Jesus
American Jesus
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Writer(s): Don Stock
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