Jesus Was Once a Teenager Too - Rheostatics

Dave Bidini

Last verse by Martin Tielli

Jesus was once a teenager too

He knelt on the lawn, and he wept woebegone

While all his ex-friends raced like demons into

The face of the Albion Mall

Jesus was once a teenager too

He leapt across the rooftops, and he wondered aloud

Why all of the neighborhood night police stood

Around the face of the Albion Mall

All I’m feeling is sorrow inside

Superman feelings I can’t help but hide

I feel I’ve been caught in an animal’s trap

Crucify them, not I

His teachers all claimed he’d been smitten with shame

From his father’s cheap daredevil Circus of Fear

And you’ll need but a miracle these days to steer

From the face of the Albion Mall

Now, Jesus was once a teenager too

Though he could walk on the water, he could not face the laughter

'Cause the tools of his trade were the size of his feet…

(That's a story of a guy called Jesus: the missing years.)