Jesus Saves

<br>[intro to Jesus saves spoken by the bum<br>&quot;Hey, man, got a quarter?<br>You ain`t got nothin` that`s ok man, that`s ok.<br>God bless you anyway. Here, I hope I didn`t scare you or nothing like that. I, I ain`t no bum or nothing<br>like that. Yeah, I I use to live uptown once once before too you know. No, no, I did I did really. Use to<br>come down here and look at all the characters. Never thought I`d be one of them though. Characters, man a<br>lot of characters.<br>He he, you got a minute, you got a minute, let me tell you a story about this friend of mine. D.T. Jesus<br>use to stand for Down Town Jesus. He use to sell drugs and stuff down there, and they called him - that`s<br>why we use to call him DeTox. He was one character, one character that made it outa here.<br>Let me tell you about him.&quot;]<br><br>Jesus was a talker<br>Just an out-of-place New Yorker<br>He hung out on the boulevard<br>He was sellin` nickel candies<br>He was saving up all his quarters<br>Bought himself a cheap guitar<br>Started playin` bars<br>Kids came in their cars<br>Hear them shouting at the stage<br><br>Jesus saves<br>Jesus saves<br>Yes he does<br>Jesus saves<br><br>You know<br>Jesus he started changin`<br>Things got really strange<br>He saw his tee shirts everywhere<br>He started missing shows<br>The band came down to blows<br>But Jesus he just didn`t care<br><br>Things got out of hand<br>And so he quit the band<br>Still the critics they would rave<br><br>Jesus saves<br>Jesus saves<br>Yes he does<br>Jesus saves<br><br>So the dice were cast<br>Today become the past<br>Jesus just disappeared<br>He was headed for New York<br>Or so his little label thought<br>And there he gave away the years<br><br>Last seen drinking wine<br>Beneath a flashing sign<br>Promising salvation to strays<br><br>Jesus saves<br>Jesus saves<br>Yes he does<br>Jesus saves<br>Hear him cut through the night<br>On those late night radio waves<br>Jesus saves<br>Yes he does<br>Jesus saves