Will Hoge – Jesus Came To Tennessee (Guitar)

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  Jesus came to earth today smack dab into Tennessee,

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  knocked upon my front door said: "Hey Will, remember me?"

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I said, "Oh, Lord please forgive me but I ain't real good with names,

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but your face looks real familiar. Wait a second, uh, is it James?"

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and He said,   "No, no, no".

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He said, "It's Jesus, you know the son of God" and I didn't realise,

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I said, "Man, I'm sure sorry" and invited him inside.

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  Offered him a sandwich 'cause He was   looking awful thin

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and then I went and got nervous and I said: "So,   Jesus, where you been?"

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and he said   "Heaven, Will, I've been in   heaven".

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And then I saw him looking at a picture from my wedding day of my

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wife and me and our one year old son, I said; "I guess that's not OK?" He said

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"The truth is: all I care about is that you love and take care of your kids,

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remember I was born out of wedlock too, though some folks soon forget,

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they'd soon forget."

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We just sat there talking, watching the TV news,

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I asked him "Fox or CNN?" He said, "Will, I prefer the truth."

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I said, "PBS, OK, my friend" and   we both had a laugh,

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but with the stories they kept showing He started   looking pretty sad.

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It was all war and death and hatred,   poverty and greed,

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He said "The rich folks and politicians are sure   starting to get to me.

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What part of "love your neighbor" is so hard to understand?" I said

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  "Don't take it too hard Jesus, let's just take a drive my man,

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yake a drive my man".

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  Hopped into my old Ford and went out for a spin,

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drove past a military funeral where we saw these angry men

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with signs that said that "God hates fags", Jesus said "Let me out",

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walked up to them all calm and cool and I heard one man shout:

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"Get out of here, you goddamn hippy, I can't wait for you to die"

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and Jesus said " I already did" and smiled and waved goodbye.

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Got in and said: "Daddy doesn't hate nobody, that's an awful thing to say plus

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Daddy knows what he's doing, He's the one that made them gay,

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God made them gay.

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  I went back to driving and then I saw him shed a tear, He said:

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"Y'all sure have made a mess of all the things that we gave you down here.

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All this war and global warming, no help to the sick and the poor,

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I guess Daddy and I should just pull the plug, y'all ain't worth it anymore."

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I said, "Woah Jesus, Jesus take it easy. I gotta pick my two sons up at three

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and if it's going to be Armageddon I think I like to   have them here with me."

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He said "OK then let's go get 'em" and then we turned up the radio

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and we sang along to old Merle Haggard songs as we rode on down the road.

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"Mama tried"   Oh, "Mama tried"

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  Pulled up to the playground and Jesus said "Look-ey there":

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all the kids were running 'round laughing, there was smiles everywhere.

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The white, the black, the Chinese, the short, the fat, the tall,

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Christians, Muslims, Jews and Atheists having themselves a ball.

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Jesus smiled and said "Well, maybe there's hope for you folks yet,

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learn a lesson from your children and try not to forget.

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And I'll call off this Doomsday, end of the world   and I can go back home,

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it gets wild when I leave Daddy and John Lennon up there all alone",

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oh, yeah.

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I said "OK Jesus, thanks for hanging,   see you another time"

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  and just like that he was gone and everything seemed fine.

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I yelled: "One more thing Jesus, could you help me write some hits?"

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and in a big voice he said that "I will, if you quit writing songs like this."

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A - men.