Gethsemane, Again (2007 - Remaster)-Al Stewart

[00:10.59]In gloucester cathedral on saturday night [00:15.59]I came to your flower show blown like a kite [00:20.40]And I stood by the tombstones and gazed at the lights [00:25.30]On the altar [00:30.39]And the horsefaced old ladies and tweedytoned men [00:35.20]Of county society they came and they went [00:40.05]With pamphlets and leaflets of christian events [00:44.87]For the fall [00:49.51]But ain't it all just like jesus [00:55.69]Crying in the rain [00:59.64]Ain't it all just gethsemane again [01:09.40]Oh the halfacrown programmes on sale at the door [01:14.40]Were clutched in the teeth of the rich and the poor [01:19.15]As they swayed in an undertone consciencefree [01:23.39]Forward together [01:28.85]And the outstretching hands of the swains of the lord [01:34.26]Sold the communing commuters the word [01:38.64]With lps of mary and photos of god [01:43.46]In the hall [01:48.08]But ain't it all just like jesus [01:54.18]Crying in the rain [01:57.91]Ain't it all just gethsemane again [02:07.89]Oh the flowers hushed the air as the columns advanced [02:12.96]To the clinking of coins in a ritual dance [02:17.57]On flagstones that ached for a chance of a chance [02:22.40]Of escaping [02:27.33]And the mystical statues looked down so depressed [02:32.21]At the endless possessors becoming possessed [02:37.05]And the costumed confessors who never confessed [02:42.02]To the wall [02:46.46]But ain't it all just like jesus [02:52.53]Crying in the rain [02:56.27]Ain't it all just gethsemane again [03:06.26]Oh I saw a blue hairrinse I saw a black tooth [03:11.25]I saw a false face in a telephone booth [03:15.89]And the stark whitefaced roses that screamed out the truth [03:20.82]Of their dying [03:25.67]And a walrus's dreams and a carpenter's love [03:30.67]Absorbed like a hand in a great rubber glove [03:35.52]And flown like a flag over battlefields [03:39.65]Factories and all [03:44.78]Ain't it all just like jesus [03:50.75]Crying in the rain [03:54.63]Ain't it all just gethsemane again [04:04.47]Oh I dodged the collection box choirboy and out [04:09.40]To the streets where the wind shook my hair with a shout [04:14.18]And the dustyfaced daisies were blowing about [04:18.96]So freely [04:23.93]And christ in the ruins was wandering again [04:28.76]As he walked with the beggars and talked to the lame [04:33.72]And danced with the children and sailors who came [04:38.49]At his call [04:43.04]But ain't it all just like jesus [04:49.12]Crying in the rain [04:53.00]Ain't it all just gethsemane again [05:02.37]Ain't it all just like jesus [05:08.71]Crying in the rain [05:12.48]Ain't it all just nazareth again [05:21.66]