Jerusalem
Jerusalem a song by Dan Bern on Foxsoundi — Free Music, Smart Streaming for Everyone
Jerusalem Lyrics
[00:09.05] When I tell you that I love you
[00:28.26] Don't test my love
[00:30.43] Accept my love
[00:32.52] Don't test my love
[00:35.31] Cause maybe I don't love you all that much
[00:42.19] Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight
[00:45.78] Just stay awhile
[00:48.10] Hear for yourself awhile
[00:50.19] And if you must put me in a box
[00:52.26] Make sure it's a big box
[00:54.40] With lots of windows
[00:56.65] And a door to walk through
[00:58.83] And a nice high chimney
[01:01.04] So we can burn burn burn
[01:03.55] Everything that we don't like
[01:05.36] And watch the ashes
[01:07.33] Fly up to Heaven
[01:09.47] Maybe all the way to India
[01:11.66] I'd like that
[01:18.81] All the ancient kings came to my door
[01:22.24] They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
[01:24.51] I said, "Oh yes, very much
[01:26.86] But I think my timing's wrong"
[01:28.62] They said, "Time is relative,
[01:30.58] Or did you misread Einstien?"
[01:32.96] I said, "Do you really mean it?"
[01:34.92] They said, "What do you think we come here for
[01:36.98] Our goddamn health or something?"
[01:44.26] Everybody's waiting for the messiah
[01:47.60] The Jews are waiting
[01:49.83] Christians are waiting
[01:52.12] Also the Muslims
[01:54.35] It's like everybody's waiting
[01:56.37] They've been waiting a long time
[01:58.60] I know how I hate to wait
[02:00.79] Like even for a bus or something
[02:03.02] An important phone call
[02:04.91] So I can imagine
[02:07.13] How darned impatient
[02:09.18] Everybody must be getting
[02:11.47] So I think it's time now
[02:13.70] Time to reveal myself
[02:15.88] I am the Messiah
[02:17.94] I am the Messiah
[02:23.64] Yes, I think you heard me right
[02:26.16] I am the Messiah
[02:28.27] I was gonna wait till next year
[02:30.30] Build up the suspense a little
[02:32.12] Make it a really big surprise
[02:34.35] But I could not resist
[02:36.33] It's like when you got a really big secret
[02:38.68] You're just bursting to tell someone
[02:40.96] It was sorta like that with this
[02:43.16] And now that I've told you
[02:45.44] I feel this great weight lifted
[02:47.60] Dr. Nusbaum was right
[02:50.57] He's my therapist
[02:52.91] He said get it out in the open
[02:59.45] I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
[03:04.29] Mmmm Jerusalem
[03:06.49] Sweet Jerusalem
[03:08.85] And all I ate was olives
[03:10.77] Nothing but olives
[03:12.88] Mountains of olives
[03:15.19] It was a good ten days
[03:17.30] I like olives
[03:19.94] I like you too
[03:22.08] So when I tell you that I love you
[03:24.70] Don't test my love
[03:26.88] Accept my love
[03:28.93] Don't test my love
[03:31.72] 'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much
[03:40.45]
[00:28.26] Don't test my love
[00:30.43] Accept my love
[00:32.52] Don't test my love
[00:35.31] Cause maybe I don't love you all that much
[00:42.19] Don't ask what kind of music I'm gonna play tonight
[00:45.78] Just stay awhile
[00:48.10] Hear for yourself awhile
[00:50.19] And if you must put me in a box
[00:52.26] Make sure it's a big box
[00:54.40] With lots of windows
[00:56.65] And a door to walk through
[00:58.83] And a nice high chimney
[01:01.04] So we can burn burn burn
[01:03.55] Everything that we don't like
[01:05.36] And watch the ashes
[01:07.33] Fly up to Heaven
[01:09.47] Maybe all the way to India
[01:11.66] I'd like that
[01:18.81] All the ancient kings came to my door
[01:22.24] They said, "Do you want to be an ancient king too?"
[01:24.51] I said, "Oh yes, very much
[01:26.86] But I think my timing's wrong"
[01:28.62] They said, "Time is relative,
[01:30.58] Or did you misread Einstien?"
[01:32.96] I said, "Do you really mean it?"
[01:34.92] They said, "What do you think we come here for
[01:36.98] Our goddamn health or something?"
[01:44.26] Everybody's waiting for the messiah
[01:47.60] The Jews are waiting
[01:49.83] Christians are waiting
[01:52.12] Also the Muslims
[01:54.35] It's like everybody's waiting
[01:56.37] They've been waiting a long time
[01:58.60] I know how I hate to wait
[02:00.79] Like even for a bus or something
[02:03.02] An important phone call
[02:04.91] So I can imagine
[02:07.13] How darned impatient
[02:09.18] Everybody must be getting
[02:11.47] So I think it's time now
[02:13.70] Time to reveal myself
[02:15.88] I am the Messiah
[02:17.94] I am the Messiah
[02:23.64] Yes, I think you heard me right
[02:26.16] I am the Messiah
[02:28.27] I was gonna wait till next year
[02:30.30] Build up the suspense a little
[02:32.12] Make it a really big surprise
[02:34.35] But I could not resist
[02:36.33] It's like when you got a really big secret
[02:38.68] You're just bursting to tell someone
[02:40.96] It was sorta like that with this
[02:43.16] And now that I've told you
[02:45.44] I feel this great weight lifted
[02:47.60] Dr. Nusbaum was right
[02:50.57] He's my therapist
[02:52.91] He said get it out in the open
[02:59.45] I spent ten whole days in Jerusalem
[03:04.29] Mmmm Jerusalem
[03:06.49] Sweet Jerusalem
[03:08.85] And all I ate was olives
[03:10.77] Nothing but olives
[03:12.88] Mountains of olives
[03:15.19] It was a good ten days
[03:17.30] I like olives
[03:19.94] I like you too
[03:22.08] So when I tell you that I love you
[03:24.70] Don't test my love
[03:26.88] Accept my love
[03:28.93] Don't test my love
[03:31.72] 'Cause maybe I don't love you all that much
[03:40.45]
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