[Priest 1]
Good Caiaphus.  The council waits for you.
The pharisees and priests are here for you.

[Caiaphus]
Ah, gentlemen.  You know why we are here.
We've not much time and quite a problem here.

[Crowd Outside]
Hosanah, Superstar!
Hosanah, Superstar!
Hosanah, Superstar!
Hosanah, Superstar!

[Annas]
Listen to that howling mob of
blockheads in the street.
A trick, or two, with lepars and the whole
town's on its feet

[Caiaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous

[Crowd Outside]
Jesus Christ, Superstar.

[Caiaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous

Tell us that you're what they say you are.

[Priest 2]
That man is in town right now to whip up
some support.

[Priest 3]
A rabble rousing mission that I think we
must abort

[Caiaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous

[Crowd Outside]
Jesus Christ, Superstar.

[Caiaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous

[Priest 2]
Look, Caiaphus, they're right outside our yard.

[Priest 3]
Quick, Caiaphus, go call the Roman guard.

[Caiaphus]
No, wait.
We need a more permanent solution to our
problem.

[Annas]
What can we do about Jesus of Nazareth.
Miracle wonder man, hero of fools.

[Priest 2]
No fighting, no riots, no chanting, no slogans

[Caiaphus]
One thing I'll say for him, Jesus is cool.

[Annas]
We dare not leave him to his on devices.
His half-witted fans will get out of control.

[Priest 3]
But how do we stop him?
His glamour increases by leaps every minute.
He's top of the poll.

[Caiaphus]
I see bad things arising.
The crowd crown him king.
Which the Romans would ban.
I see blood and destruction.
Our elimination, because of one man.
Blood and destruction, because of one man.

[Annas and Priests]
Because, because, because of one man.

[Caiaphus]
Our elimination, because of one man.

[Annas and Priests]
Because, because, because of one man.

[Annas]
What then to do about this Jesus mania?
How do we deal with this 'Carpenter King'?

[Priest 3]
Where do we start with a man who is bigger
Then John was when John did is baptism thing?

[Caiaphus]
FOOLS!  You have no perception.
The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly
high.
We must crush him completely.
So, like John before him, this Jesus must die.
For the sake of the nation,
this Jesus must die.

[Annas and Priests]
Must die, Must die, this Jesus must die.

[Caiaphus]
So, like John before him, this Jesus must die.

[Annas and Priests]
Must die, Must die,
this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die.