The Original Miss Jesus Lyrics - John Wesley Harding

"hey you" she said 

"i think that I have something in my eye" 

And she posed beneath the standard lamp 

As her clothes waved goodbye 

And she was 

Naked as a new apology 

For something she hadn't yet done 

And he said "did I ever tell you the one about 

The original miss jesus? " 

"born before 

Her more famous little brother mister christ 

Sure, there were miracles 

But out of the public eye 

So they didn't 

Think even to have her crucified 

She just wrote some novels and then she died 

And only her family cried for her 

The original miss jesus 

And then he came 

The one that they wrote all the books about 

The king of the rock opera 

Whom she could do without (the sheik of do-without)" 

"stop!" she said 

"jesus could have been a boy or girl 

History would still have been unkind 

If he'd been a her 

Anyway 

Just watch me turn this beer into air 

As for redemption value, I don't care 

But if you want, I'll even pretend to be 

The original miss jesus"