Jesus was a talker

Out-of-place New Yorker

Hung out on the boulevard

Sellin' nickel candies

Saving up all his quarters

Bought himself a cheap guitar

 

Started playin' bars

The kids came in their cars

You'd hear them shouting at the stage

 

Jesus saves

Jesus saves

Hear him cut through the night

On your late night radio waves

 

Jesus started changin'

Things got really strange

He saw his tee-shirts everywhere

Started missing shows

The band came down to blows

But Jesus he no longer cared

 

Things got out of hand

And so he quit the band

But still the critics they would rave

 

Jesus saves

Jesus saves

Hear him cut through the night

On your late night radio waves

 

So the dice were cast

Today become the past

Jesus just disappeared

He was headed for New York

Or so his label thought

And there he gave away the years

 

Jesus saves

Jesus saves

Hear him cut through the night

On your late night radio waves