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Jesus Song

from The Eternal Dance by Andy Copeman

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Song inspired by at last realising the truth behind the world’s dominant man-made religion. Chorus inspired by the words of Roy Bailey in concert at a folk festival some years ago.

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Born in a Sunday school
with choir before breakfast
Raised on bread and wine and forgiveness
For someone else's sins
Taught that life was misery
That humanity was evil
That fear and prayer and chastity
Would bring us our reward

Watched the so-called holy ones
Wreak god-given vengeance
On the miserable, the unfortunate,
the different, the weak.
Watched them work in Jesus’ name
To rape our home this planet earth
Set wars against those in the way
And sleep sound every night

Take the sacred from an oak tree
And all that's left is timber
Take the sacred from a mountain
And all that's left is gold
Take the sacred from a river
And all that's left is water
Take the sacred from this life on earth
And all that's left is hell.

Although Jesus never said anything
About legal sanctioned killing
About stealing little children
Abortion or divorce
About brutalised conversions
Contraception or sexuality
Or arrogant domination
Or Christianity

You know Jesus was a carpenter
A Shaman and a teacher
A holy man and healer
Whose father was a man
Jesus talked a little bit
About freedom from oppression
But you know his big obsession
Was life and peace and love.

credits

from The Eternal Dance, released November 1, 2010
Acoustic guitar, backwards guitar, bodhran, percussion programming, vocals.

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Andy Copeman Maleny, Australia

Andy Copeman is a visionary musician, sound healer, sound and video artist, shamanic practitioner and recording engineer and producer. Instruments include voice, guitars, keyboards, programming, cittern, bass, percussion, tin whistle, kora, ba wu, fiddle, didgeridoo, singing bowls etc.
With his beloved Laurel Hefferon he lives in Maleny in South-east Queensland.
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