"The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" lyrics - STRAWBS

He came into the shop and looked me straight between the eyes
And said "You know I'm Jesus" and I must have looked surprised
Because he said "Please don't be hasty, no-one understands
But I've got a way to prove it" and he lifted up his hands
He was the man who called himself Jesus

For a minute I was speechless then I looked into his face
With sufficient lines of sadness for the total human race
And I said "You must be joking" but he slowly shook his head
And said "That's what they all say, I might as well be dead."
He was the man who called himself Jesus

He asked me if I knew a place where he could start to preach
And I said "Well try a church, or maybe Brighton Beach"
And I was trying to be serious but he didn't seem impressed
He said "You think I'm crazy, you're just like all the rest."
He was the man who called himself Jesus

I was really quite embarrassed he was looking so sincere
So I said "I close the shop soon, won't you come and have a beer?"
Then he asked me if I meant it and he gave a funny smile
And said he'd rather like that and he hung around a while
He was the man who called himself Jesus

On the way he stopped to pat little children's heads
And taught them one line prayers to say when they went off to their beds
But mostly they were frightened and they looked at him wide-eyed
And when he said his name was Jesus, one girl even cried
He was the man who called himself Jesus

In the pub I asked him if he'd tried to see the Pope
And he said although he'd thought about it there was really not a hope
Then he said he thought he'd better go he had some work to do
He said he'd come and see me in about a week or two
He was the man who called himself Jesus

Well after he had gone I thought of what he'd said
And all his funny actions kept on running through my head
And when I felt my mind was drowning in a sea of mud
It seemed his pint of beer had turned into a pint of blood
He was the man who called himself Jesus