[Intro to Jesus saves spoken by the bum

"Hey, man, got a quarter?

You ain't got nothin' that's ok man, that's ok.

God bless you anyway. Here, I hope I didn't scare you or nothing like that. I, I ain't no bum or nothing

like that. Yeah, I I use to live uptown once once before too you know. No, no, I did I did really. Use to

come down here and look at all the characters. Never thought I'd be one of them though. Characters, man a

lot of characters.

He he, you got a minute, you got a minute, let me tell you a story about this friend of mine. D.T. Jesus

use to stand for Down Town Jesus. He use to sell drugs and stuff down there, and they called him - that's

why we use to call him DeTox. He was one character, one character that made it outa here.

Let me tell you about him."]



Jesus was a talker

Just an out-of-place New Yorker

He hung out on the boulevard

He was sellin' nickel candies

He was saving up all his quarters

Bought himself a cheap guitar

Started playin' bars

Kids came in their cars

Hear them shouting at the stage



Jesus saves

Jesus saves

Yes, he does

Jesus saves



You know, Jesus he started changin'

Things got really strange

He saw his tee shirts everywhere

He started missing shows

The band came down to blows

But Jesus he just didn't care

Things got out of hand

And so he quit the band

Still the critics they would rave



Jesus saves

Jesus saves

Yes, he does

Jesus saves



So the dice were cast

Today become the past

Jesus just disappeared

He was headed for New York

Or so his little label thought

And there he gave away the years

Last seen drinking wine

Beneath a flashing sign

Promising salvation to strays



Jesus saves

Jesus saves

Yes, he does

Jesus saves

Hear him cut through the night

On those late night radio waves

Jesus saves

Yes, he does

Jesus saves