Jesus lived in a ramshackle shack

With a fat New Orleans junkie

Charismatic solo lonesome some say

He was born plain lucky



Cruise the streets of Juarez

In his low-cut El Dorado

Divine command and oil slick hands

With brash and bold bravado



Mother Mary said, "Your time has come

For the river's wide but can be fought and won"

For the very love of God and Man

Jesus crossed the Rio Grande



Look at here, Jesus fell in step with a group

Of high-powered federals

Sat them down and formed their plan

Through a haze of cold Tecates



Judas said, "Now, Jeez, I know

You're prone to walk on water

If you swim downstream there's a better chance

That you'll make it across the border, yeah"



Mother Mary said, "Your time has come

For the river's wide but can be fought and won"

For the very love of God and Man

Jesus crossed the Rio Grande



Jesus made his run on a hot

And humid Friday night

But his vision, it was blinded

By the bright El Paso lights



He never saw the shot

That left him short of freedom's land

But the faithful they're still waiting

For the coming of their man



Well, Mother Mary said, "Your time has come

For the river's wide but can be fought and won"

For the very love of God and Man

Jesus crossed the Rio Grande