Key: Ab major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
that I love you
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'Cause maybe I don't love
you all that much
Verse 2
I'm gonna play tonight
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Just stay awhile
Hear for yourself awhile
And if you must put me in a box
Make sure it's a big box
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With lots of windows
And a door to walk through
And a nice high chimney
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Everything that we don't like
Fly up to Heaven
Maybe all the way to India
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I'd like that
Verse 3
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They said, "Do you want to
be an ancient king too?"
I said, "Oh yes, very much
But I think my timing's wrong"
They said, "Time is relative
Or did you misread Einstien?"
I said, "Do you really mean it?"
They said,
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"What do you think we come here for
Our goddamn health
Verse 4
or something?"
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Everybody's waiting for the messiah
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The Jews are waiting
The Christians are waiting
Also the Muslims
It's like everybody's waiting
They've been waiting a long time
I know how I hate to wait
Like even for a bus or something
An important phone call
So I can imagine
How darned impatient
Everybody must be getting
Verse 5
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Time to reveal myself
I am the Messiah
I am the Messiah
Verse 6
I am the Messiah
I was gonna wait till next year
Build up the suspense a little
Make it a really big surprise
But I could not resist
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a really big secret
You're just bursting to tell someone
It was kinda like that with this
And now that I've told you
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I feel this great weight lifted
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Dr. Nusbaum was right
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He's my therapist
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He said get it out in the open
Verse 7
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I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
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Mmmm Jerusalem
Sweet Jerusalem
And all I ate was olives
Nothing but olives
Mountains of olives
It was a good ten days
I like olives
I like you too
Verse 8
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test my love
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Accept my love
Don't test my love
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'Cause maybe I don't
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love you all that much
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