When Jesus Came To Play - Jethro Tull

I was in my watering-hole with some ugly friends of mine

When he door came off its hinges like a cork from fizzy wine

He said, My name is Jesus: I’m the leader of the band

Got to set up my equipment, if you boys can lend a hand

Oh yeah.

When Jesus came to play

He set that bandstand jumping.

Yeah, and he cranked it up so loud

And he moved up to the microphone: had the attention of the crowd

He said, My name is Jesus: going to turn your head around

I’m going to make this easy.

Got no time to mess around

Oh yeah.

When Jesus came to play

I got no twelve disciples, and I got no cross to bear

If you thought they had me crucified, I guess you weren’t there

Oh yeah.

When Jesus came to play.

When Jesus came…

He sang about three or four numbers, but we’d heard it all before

We boys were getting restless: no girls were moving on the floor

Those parables, they were merciless and the tables overturned

And there were no minor miracles

But false prophets they were burned

Well, maybe he was Jesus;

But his hair could have used a comb

Long before he hit the last notes, we boys had all gone home

Oh yeah.

When Jesus came to play

Oh Jesus, is it really you?