Jesus Was an Atheist chords by Rick Springfield
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Verse 1
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Jesus was an Atheist
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He was a friend of mine
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We hooked up in temple
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Back in Roman Palestine
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We became friends
It was the best of both worlds
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I was good at stealing silver
He was good at bullyin' girls
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Verse 2
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said they're going to kill me
When we go out smokin'
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I thought he meant the cigarettes
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But Je sus wasn't jokin'
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Verse 3
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Mary was
a pragmatist
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And virgin rolled in one
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One day she said to Joseph
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"Joe, I think the time has come
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Your boy needs to get a job
Try the laundromat"
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Joseph said, "he ain't my boy
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I think we settled that"
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Mary said something about
Semantics with a smile
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Joe said, "I'm going drinkin'
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I'll be back in a little while"
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Verse 4
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I heard somebody say
Jesus was a Capricorn
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Jesus told me once
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On the day he was born
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A giant super nova exploded in the sky
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He said he didn't know
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What it was supposed to signify
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I lost touch with him
And he lost touch with me
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The next thing I remember
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He was big in Ga lilee
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Verse 5
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We were walkin' in the desert
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Trading big hits from a bong
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They said it was 40 days
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It didn't seem that long
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I was trying to talk him out
Of such a pointless sacrifice
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He said it was the only way
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He got to paradise
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I said, "You might be high"
He said I was mistaken
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But watching him die
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Was truly heartbreakin'
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Verse 6
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Jesus descended
I guess you'd call it that
I'm down here, baby
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What the hell you lookin' at?
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I sometimes wonder if
we'd stay friends
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How am I to change the way
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This party ends?
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I know you all believe
That Jesus was divine
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Jesus was an atheist
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He was a friend of mine
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Jesus Was an Atheist
Rick Springfield
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