Standard White Jesus - Timbuk 3

Baby, boom go boom

Baby, boom go bum

Baby, boom, go straight to the edge

And someone hollers «jump!»

You’ve got to be dead to be bigger than life

But everyone’s afraid to fly

Everyone wants to be on a postage stamp

But nobody wants to die

Better bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

And read the letters that the children write

To the Standard White Santa Claus

They want flash;

Something awesome

Something with a little kick

Something Semi-

Automatic

Just might do the trick

They want weapons

To arm themselves

Against every childhood fear

They want rockets

To fly up to heaven

And get the hell out of here

See the devils

And the angels

See how shamelessly they dance

Defying the laws of gravity

On the shoulders of romance

The sensations

The temptations

Our forefathers have succumbed to

And the bitter-

Sweet fragrance

Our noses have been numbed to

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

And read the letters that the children write

To the Standard White Santa Claus

(Bow, bow down)

How grim

Our lives would be

If not for children’s laughter

Like scary

Old fairy tales

With no happily ever after

Talking on telephones

Cross time zones

Paying the futility bill

Praying for rain

Punching clocks

Changing the world like I change my socks

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

Bow down

To the Standard White Jesus on the cross

And read the letters that the children write

To the Standard White Santa Claus

And read the letters that the children write

To the Standard White Santa Claus