Harley Poe – The Ghost Of Jesus (Guitar)

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  It’s been said he walked on water, then he turned it into wine

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The Jewish god made In the flesh, a sacrifice for the divine

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Imagine if somebody made those claims today

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They would be certified and put away

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So do you believe something some people wrote in a book over 2,000 years ago?

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Contradicting reality kind of seems a little crazy

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  But I met Jesus in my backyard one time when I was high.

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And I told him what they did to him was a crime,

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he said “Never mind, I’m the ghost of a man who once worked the Earth,

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From a natural birth. I said some cool shit,

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Fell in love with a whore, hung out with a poor,

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they called me their lord, they called me their lord.

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They called me their lor- woooooooooorrrd.

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But who do you say I am? I was only a man." But

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  20 centuries ago, the people needed a hero

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To overturn the powers that be, now i've become legendary

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And these same powers they proselytize, brainwashed and passed down the lies

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C’mon don’t look so surprised, do you really believe the dead can rise?

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The dead don’t rise, the dead don’t rise

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Or ascend to the skiiieees, the dead don’t rise

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It’s ancient superstition, you’re deceived, you might as well believe that

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  I met Jesus in my backyard one time when I was high.

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And I told him what they did to him was a crime,

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he said “Never mind, I’m the ghost of a man who once worked the Earth,

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From a natural birth. I said some cool shit,

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Fell in love with a whore, hung out with a poor,

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they called me their lord, they called me their lord.

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They called me their lor-woooooooooord

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they called me their lord,

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they called me their lord.

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But who do you say I am?"