Muddy Jesus Lyrics - Singles - Ian Moore

Jesus lived in a ramshackle shack 

With a fat New Orleans junkie 

Charismatic solo lonesome some say 

He was born plain lucky 

Cruise the streets of Juarez 

In his low-cut El Dorado 

Divine command and oil slick hands 

With brash and bold bravado 

Mother Mary said, "Your time has come 

For the river's wide but can be fought and won" 

For the very love of God and Man 

Jesus crossed the Rio Grande 

Look at here, Jesus fell in step with a group 

Of high-powered federals 

Sat them down and formed their plan 

Through a haze of cold Tecates 

Judas said, "Now, Jeez, I know 

You're prone to walk on water 

If you swim downstream there's a better chance 

That you'll make it across the border, yeah" 

Mother Mary said, "Your time has come 

For the river's wide but can be fought and won" 

For the very love of God and Man 

Jesus crossed the Rio Grande 

Jesus made his run on a hot 

And humid Friday night 

But his vision, it was blinded 

By the bright El Paso lights 

He never saw the shot 

That left him short of freedom's land 

But the faithful they're still waiting 

For the coming of their man 

Well, Mother Mary said, "Your time has come 

For the river's wide but can be fought and won" 

For the very love of God and Man 

Jesus crossed the Rio Grande