David Wilcox
Jesus ruins Christmas
That's what the headlines said
"Jesus" in quotation marks
Cause then the man was dead
Jesus in the parking lot
talking to the poor
He gathered up a crowd of us
and he walked into that store
So Jesus stood in Bloomingdales
A rebel with a cause
He stepped up on the platform
Right next to Santa Claus
Jesus tore the wrappings
The presents on display
These boxes are all empty
They've always been that way
Now your eyes they can deceive you
Let your soul look through this store
It's all shiny empty boxes
But I've come to bring you more
The presence that I offer is infinite joy
Free for the asking but you have to make your choice
Well, first came security
then came the police,
destroying private property,
disturbing the peace
They hauled him off in shackles
With billy clubs and guns
But when the cops saw the angry crowd
They said, "Let 'em have their fun"
They wrapped him up in ribbons
They dragged him through the mall
They lashed him to a Christmas tree
and they plugged it in the wall
With a strand of broken Christmas lights
wrapped around his head
They had killed him off by Easter, but they could not keep him dead
Jesus Ruins Christmas, that's what the headlines said
