David Weasley outdid himself on this one. Great stuff...Being fully human sometimes smells a bit.
Angry Baby Jesus, or Birth Pangs, from an idea from Tom Ryberg
(to be sung lilting, almost calypso, but with an edge)
Everybody loves a baby
or so they claim until
she's howling and needs a changing
she's teething and never still
I want an angry Jesus
lifted wailing from the straw
the Jesus I know is angry
before he can even crawl
Please throw out your hallmark Jesus
cherubic and clean and white
that Jesus won't ever save you
that Jesus won't make you right
I want a dirty Jesus
who smells like sheep and blood and shit
if you want the incarnation,
you're gonna have to handle it
I want a bloody Jesus
because he's just been born
how long can you ignore him?
He's screaming outside your door
The New Creation trembles
the Holy Wind fills Her sails
and with the Newborn Savior
in hope and anger all Creation wails
(repeat previous verse of your choice, depending)
