Jackson Browne – The Rebel Jesus (Guitar)

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All the streets are filled with laughter and light

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And the music of the season

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And the merchants' windows are all bright

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With the faces of the children

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And the families hurrying to their homes

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As the sky darkens and freezes

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We'll be gathering around their hearths and tables

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Giving thanks for God's graces

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And the birth of the rebel Jesus

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Well they call him by the prince of peace

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And they call him by the savior

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And they pray to him upon the seas

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And in every bold endeavor

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And they fill His churches with their pride and gold

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As their faith in Him increases

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But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in

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From a temple to a robber's den

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In the words of the rebel Jesus

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We guard our world with locks and guns

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And we guard our fine possessions

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And once a year when Christmas comes

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We give to our relations

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And perhaps we give a little to the poor

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If the generosity should seize us

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But if any one of us should interfere

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In the business of why there are poor

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They get the same as the rebel Jesus

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But pardon me if I have seemed

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To take the tone of judgment

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For I've no wish to come between

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This day and your enjoyment

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In a life of hardship and of earthly toil

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There’s a need for anything that frees us

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So I bid you pleasure

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And I bid you cheer

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From a heathen and a pagan

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On the side of the rebel Jesus