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Let's have Christ our President
Let us have him for our king
Cast your vote for the Carpenter
That they call the Nazarene

The only way
We could ever beat
These crooked politician men

Is to cast the moneychangers
Out of the temple
Put the Carpenter in

Oh it's Jesus Christ our President
God above our king
With a job and pension for young and old
We will make hallelujah ring

Every year we waste enough
To feed the ones who starve
We build our civilization up
And we shoot it down with wars

But with the Carpenter
On the seat
Way up in the capitol town

The USA
Be on the way
Prosperity bound

Let's have Christ our president 
Let us have him for our king 
Cast your vote for the carpenter 
That they call the Nazarene 

The only way 
We could ever beat 
These crooked politician men 
Is to cast the moneychangers 
Out of the temple 
Put the carpenter in 

Oh it's Jesus Christ our president 
God above our king 
With a job and pension for young and old 
We will make hallelujah ring 

Every year we waste enough 
To feed the ones who starve 
We build our civilization up 
And we shoot it down with wars 

But with the carpenter 
On the seat 
Way up in the capitol town 

The USA 
Be on the way 
Prosperity bound

Met a man in Georgia
Tears in his eyes
Hunger on his mind
He was helplessly kind

Met a woman up north
With love in her heart
And fear on her mind
She was stuck in the grind

Met a man in a mirror
Super powers he had
That fella so odd
Stubborn old god

Moneychangers not welcome
In this house of the lord
How can a slave get by
How can I ever afford

Moneychangers not welcome
In this house of the lord
How can we be free
Til we cut that cord

There's a force that holds you together
It's the same one that pulls you through me
An underground generator
That holds you to your vow of mystery

There's a hill where we scattered all the magpies
And you held time in the space between your lips
And in the distance was a close-up picture
All this music on a mobius strip

And all the numbers that you cannot count to
Winding sound into books and buildings
Calloused skin from all of the habit
That we wore while shipbreaking
Shipbreaking

There are words that flare from your mouth
A gradual thickening of the air
There's the buzz of our failure, our failure
The weight of which we cannot bear

There's the bed where I dreamed against you
Until our limbs became transparent
And I attempted to breathe through paper
And you made rules for what has not happened yet

We thought breathing mere translation
Scared that our lungs took up too much space
How we longed to become weightless
Simulated and shipbreaking
Shipbreaking

There's a way that I tried to contain you
With all of my small grammatical worries
Being guilty of the forceful
And the constant search for meaning

But I have swept away many opponents
Wielding eloquence but very little grace
While moneychangers took the temple
With us outside shipbreaking
Shipbreaking

There's the night when you came over
And we just lay there trembling
You reached through me and you turned the lamp down
And said show me all the things you think you see

I said a summer storm so heavy that it marks you
A lover's bike that is fastened to a tree
The spill of wax on the floor of the bedroom
All these things
All these things

And they come to, and they come to Jerusalem:
and Jesus, and Jesus went into the temple,
and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple,
and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple.

Love forgives everything at the beginning,
And forgives nothing at the end.

With your moneychanger's hands,
And your alabaster jar,
And your coal bunker heart,
Once broken, impossible to mend.

Last Time We Saw Daddy 

Thinking back on
Great depression 
And how you managed
To work through it

In institutions 
For months at a time
Without a union
Far from your children

Honor, Honor, Honor 

I remember   
Capsized coffers 
You entered the temple
To console the money-changers

You played it left hand
Became the special man
Putting our destiny
On a bar tab
You knew full well 
Would not be picked up

You promised ice cream
Licked us by smiling

Honor, Honor, Honor

I remember
Poking my head out 
Of widening gyre 
At Mount Sinai 
Exiting head first 
Wearing roller skates 

I recall Romans
Outside an amphitheater
The movie playing there
Was Moonraker

Last we saw daddy
Was somewhere 
Was some time
Around then

Honor, Honor, Honor"

Are you ready for a fight
Between the left and the right
Between the North and the South
Go stick your money in your mouth

Are you hungry for a brawl
Between the have nots
And those who have it all
Let's pit the rich against the poor
And get ready for Another Civil War

I don't know nothing, I know it all
The South will rise, the South will fall
If Texas secedes let's build a fence
And sell the state back to the Mexicans
Are you ready for Another Civil War

Stop the crusade
Wake up to life
Suck on the truth
That love is light
If you believe in Jesus and
He came back
I think you know who he'd attack
He'd throw the money-changers out the door
Are you ready for another civil war

Another day another dollar
I hear you bray, I hear you holler
You don't like this - it's socialist
You don't like that - the President's black

Give me a break, what are you for
You live for hate, you scream for more
You're only happy when another man's sore
Are you ready for Another Civil War

So stop the crusade

[Jonny 'Itch' Fox]
Til there is justice, there can be no peace,
In times of roughness, we will storm the streets,
Through all this toughness, witness the swarm increase
We don't die, we multiply, we are one everything

Here to overthrow the table of the moneychangers
We own the throne so hand it over to the grubby angels
The streets are ours but we ain't taken this town yet
We built it up but we ain't torn it down yet

We got to
We got to

Chase them crazy
Chase them crazy bal'heads
Chase them crazy
Chase them crazy bal'heads
Chase them crazy bal'heads out of town!

We're in trouble and all I see I apathy

I wonder what happens in the United Nations
I never hear a thing on my radio station
Facebook Hulu Texts and Tweets, are all I hear and all I see 

We're in trouble and all I see is apathy
We're in trouble and all I see is apathy

The moneychangers  are in bed with DC
Vampires  of the 21st century
Bush Obama and King Donny
Pimping Lady Liberty

We're in trouble and all I see is apathy

The Bubble Boys stole your 401-K	
Your home your money your DNA
Your life is data being mined to sell                                                                                                                                             Is it 1984 or 21-12?

He preached no wealth or privilege, ran those moneychangers out 
No, Jesus wasn't a capitalist, of that there is no doubt.

                He was just a humble workin' man, 
		Workin' with his hands.

Let faith bear fruit, let prayer arise,
For mountains move when Jesus replies!

[Verse 2]
He cleared the temple from money-changers' greed,
""My house is for prayer,"" He proclaimed the creed.
Chief priests and scribes, they plotted His fall,
But truth stood firm, beyond their call.

You always looked to me to say the right thing, but half the time
My thoughts weren't worth your penny, so please don't waste another dime

Because there's plenty of idiots and far too many clowns
The world's still full of hypocrites, but I think I'll stick around
'Cause you never know just how the story turns out in the end
And a lifetime for this kind of show is not too much to spend

When the road less traveled finally needs to be repaved
I guess I'll try and hitch a ride, but I'm not sure I'll behave
I'm sure that somewhere there's a place where everything makes sense
So help me to tear down this wall I've been banging my head against

Because there's plenty of idiots and far too many clowns
The world's still full of hypocrites, but I think I'll stick around
'Cause you never know just how the story turns out in the end
And a lifetime for this kind of show is not too much to spend

When the doctors and the nurses can all read, but not comprehend
I'll close my eyes, and count to ten, and I'll try not to offend
And when the temple's full of money-changers, who aren't' sure why they're there
I won't turn over any tables, but I'll try and clear the air

Because there's plenty of idiots and far too many clowns
The world's still full of hypocrites, but I think I'll stick around
'Cause you never know just how the story turns out in the end
And a lifetime for this kind of show is not too much to spend

Yeah, I read in Matthew 21
How Jesus cleansed the temple, threw out everyone
Yeah, it's not just Matthew now
It's there in Luke 19 and Mark 11
Oh yeah, it's not just Matthew now
It's not just Luke and Mark it's also in John
Oh yeah, it's there in chapter 2
It must be pretty darn important
He really got mad (x 3)

He called it a den of thieves
He said His father's house should be a house of prayer
Yeah, they really got ‘im mad
He made a scourge of cords and threw ‘em outta there
Yeah, it really got ‘im mad
He turned the tables on the moneychangers, now
Oh yeah, it really got ‘im mad
It must be pretty darn important
He really got mad (x 3)
Oh, right now no

See, it's in 1st Timothy
Love of money is the root of many sins
Yeah, it's there in chapter 6
It says with food and clothing we should be content
Yeah, it says that godliness
Is not a means of seeking earthly riches, no, no
Yeah, it says that godliness
Is great gain when you have contentment
We really want that  (x 3)
Oh, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Yeah, I read in Matthew 21
How Jesus cleansed the temple, threw out everyone
Yeah, it's not just Matthew now
It's there in Luke 19 and Mark 11
Oh yeah, it's not just Matthew now
It's not just Luke and Mark it's also in John
Oh yeah, it's there in chapter 2
It must be pretty darn important
He really got mad (x 3)

He called it a den of thieves
He said His father's house should be a house of prayer
Yeah, they really got ‘im mad
He made a scourge of cords and threw ‘em outta there
Yeah, it really got ‘im mad
He turned the tables on the moneychangers, now
Oh yeah, it really got ‘im mad
It must be pretty darn important
He really got mad (x 3)
Oh, right now no

See, it's in 1st Timothy
Love of money is the root of many sins
Yeah, it's there in chapter 6
It says with food and clothing we should be content
Yeah, it says that godliness
Is not a means of seeking earthly riches, no, no
Yeah, it says that godliness
Is great gain when you have contentment
We really want that  (x 3)
Oh, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Moses tablets, God's word,
infant circumcisms,
money-changers sure to hoard
screens for hers, texts for his-ums.

Oh, I'm so confused,
I'm downright obtused,
misused and refused,
Theologically
abused.

In texas i be tax evading!
Thats da job of a moneychanger!
My knee gas are border hoppers!
All of us be in real dangers!
The FBI is getting closer!
While i pull on the trigger!

I just suppose
Maybe your third eye's closed
Use my pineal gland
Peace is what demand
Lets all stand up to the man
Put a stop to their plan
No one bought this earth
You know we all got worth

We all got worth
You've been a god since birth
I'm yelling fuck the government
For destroying our sacred Earth
The planet we all live on
The source of every one of our needs
The money-changers won't be happy 
Til' we're all on our knees
I mean, look up in the sky
Half of those clouds ain't really clouds
The silent killer in your system 
More effective than shooting rounds
They're fucking up your system
I'm talking about your D.N.A
You're only killing yourself 
Every second of every day
Wake up to the indoctrination
And embrace positive vibration

The poor unable to find not even one single buck
Corrupt system lead us to a deadlock
City life seems to be like we are rats in a pack
Nature will never have such a drawback 
Time to realize that life is a hard knot
Walk carefully to stay along the right track 
If you are righteous one day you will have your payback 
Enlightened people forward go they never stay back
Men are not horses running on a racetrack
Nor numbers printed down on a credit card
The lion in the jungle free and not in  junkyard
c peaceful earth and not a vast graveyard

Let's start, start 
Like a growing seed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
We all need ah revolution, 
Let's start, start 
Like a light beam speed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
To fight dis crmageddon

Down in Palestine thousands of people dropped dead
Over in Ukraine the war is wide spread
Innocent kids will never again see the sunset
They died from the bombs that were preset
Most politicians play with men's  intelligence
With promises that always are in progress
Life is like once in the wild wild west
Guns and Money is power of all interests
Military industrial complex governs nations 
Deceived us on behalf of corporations
Struggle for freedom is not paved with flowers
Get up and fight for your rights

Let's start, start 
Like a growing seed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
We all need ah revolution, 
Let's start, start 
Like a light beam speed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
To fight dis crmageddon

(hammond melody)

Remember when 
Christ sent away merchants and moneychangers
So we can kick out from the land all the imposters
Wolves in sheep's clothing really live amongst us
Their crimes and murders I know dat a countless
Globalization is the blueprint to enslave us
Mind control and chip implants in humans
Genetically modified food products 
Makes people suffer from depression
Life is worth much more than gold, diamonds or pearls
Feed the poor the needy and the homeless
Babylon the great will fall from king with freedom fighters
Whatever you do to avoid it, will be useless

Let's start, start 
Like a growing seed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
We all need ah revolution, 
Let's start, start 
Like a light beam speed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
To fight dis crmageddon
Let's start, start 
Like a growing seed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
We all need ah revolution, 
Let's start, start 
Like a light beam speed ah revolution
Get up and start, start right now
To fight dis crmageddon