Band makes election
season song available free at EverclearOnline.com
By Blurt Staff
Republicans like to claim Jesus is their homeboy, but he and
his teachings are true blue. Art Alexakis addresses the misconception and
resultant hypocrisy with the free track “Jesus Was a Democrat,” available at www.everclearonline.com. Or listen below.
From the press release: “Everclear debuted the song at the
2008 GRAMMY®s Rock The Conventions show in Denver this August and it left the
audience stunned, particularly with an opening salvo like ‘Jesus Christ didn’t
have blue eyes or blond hair/He looked just like all those people that you want
to kill’ About dropping this charge at the Democratic National Convention,
singer, guitarist and songwriter Art Alexakis exclaims, ‘People looked shocked
and excited at the lyrics in a good way.’ A little sonic ‘shock and awe’ never
hurt anyone, especially before an election.”
“I’ve wanted to write this song for a long time,” says
Alexakis.” “During the 1988 presidential campaign, the right wing made people
believe that ‘liberals’ were anti-American, anti-God and anti-family values.
However, if you read Jesus’ words, he sounded like a liberal.
“I hope the song can start a dialogue in places where there
wasn’t one before. I–like a lot of people who consider themselves
Christians–get angry and bewildered at the intolerance of so many people who
call themselves ‘Christians.’ They act and talk in ways that have nothing to do
with the lessons of Christ. Look, sexism, racism, bigotry, and hate don’t have
any place in a Christian’s life.
“I think it’s imperative that we elect Barack Obama. His
election will be a message to the whole world that in today’s America anyone
can achieve their dreams, regardless of race, gender or economic strata.”
Everclear –
Full lyrics:
Jesus Christ didn’t
have blue eyes or blond hair
He looked just like
all those people that you want to kill
Spin your hell into a
heaven you can sell
Make it look like
California with a bible belt
Jesus didn’t look like
the boy next door
Unless you live in
Palestine
I wonder what you mean
by the golden rule
I think it is a scary
play on words
I wonder what they
taught you back in Sunday school
I bet you think of him
As a nice clean long
haired republican, nah
He would be all locked
up in Guantanamo Bay
If he were alive today
He would have been a
revolutionary wanted by the CIA
I picture him in all
the wrong places finding diamonds in the dirt
A Star of David tattoo
and a Che T-shirt
Jesus was a left wing
radical Jew
Murdered by people
like you
If Jesus was a
democrat like the bible says he was
I don’t think he’s
going to want to take the blame
For all the awful
things you say and do in his name
If Jesus was alive today
he would be sad to see
That it is no
different than it used to be
He’s going to call you
out
I am pretty god damned
sure
He is going to be
angry
He is going to be
angry
You want to know what
I think?
I think Jesus would
have been a card carrying liberal
If he was a young man
born in the USA
He would not be
“fiscally conservative”
And he wouldn’t vote
for John McCain
All those so called
Christians that you see on TV
Maybe they scare Jesus
like they scare me
Kick you the hell out
of my temple too
Too many elephants in
the room
If Jesus was a
democrat like the bible says he was
I don’t think he’s
going to want to take the blame
For all the awful
things you people do and say in his name
If Jesus was alive
today he would be sad to see
That it is no different
than it used to be
Someday he’s going to
call you out
I am pretty god damned
sure
He is going to be mad
He is going to be
angry
He is going to be mad
He is going to be mad
You say Jesus loves
the little children
And I say I know
that’s true
I say he loves all the
Muslims and the Jews
All the addicts and
the porn stars too
You say Jesus died to
save us all from a fiery hell
I say Jesus died to
save us
Save us from ourselves
Will you save me from
myself?
If Jesus was a liberal
Like the red letters
say he was
I know he would have
big love
For all the killers
and the racists
And the bullies in
this world
If Jesus was alive
today
And you had a chance
to meet him face to face
I’m pretty god damn
sure that you and your friends
Would find some way to
kill him all over again
You would kill him all
over again
Again and again and
again
Just like you always
do
You do just what you
always do