Jesus Of Rio Lyrics - New Times - Violent Femmes

Christ the Redeemer towering high over Rio 

Rio de Janeiro, Rio 

Where they held a summit to save the world 

And to mark the time when development 

As traditionally understood-had failed 

And the affluent North raping the South 

Investment from the North means 

Economic bondage for the South 

Under the burden of debt payments 

I was with a whore in Copenhagan 

Drinking eight hundred dollars worth of 

Champagne in kroner 

She came from Rio 

We were trying to save the world 

We did not get what we wanted 

She wanted money 

She did not get what she wanted 

I missed my wife 

I did not get what I wanted 

Death sat on my lap 

Death sits on all our laps 

While Christ the Redeemer 

Towers high over Rio 

Rio de Janeiro. 

Rio