Rebel Jesus-The Albion Christmas Band

[ti:Rebel Jesus] [ar:The Albion Christmas Band] [al:An Albion Christmas] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Rebel Jesus - The Albion Christmas Band [00:09.08]Now the streets are filled with laughter and light [00:13.31]And the music of the season [00:16.91] [00:17.64]And the merchants' windows are all bright [00:22.04]With the faces of the children [00:25.22] [00:28.79]And the families hurrying to their homes [00:32.93]As the sky darkens and freezes [00:36.41] [00:37.39]They'll be gathering around the hearths and tables [00:41.04]Giving thanks for all god's graces [00:45.55] [00:48.48]And the birth of the rebel jesus [00:51.14] [00:55.24]Well they call him by the prince of peace [00:59.40]And they call him by the savior [01:02.66] [01:03.84]And they pray to him upon the seas [01:08.40]And in every bold endeavor [01:11.25] [01:12.68]As they fill his churches with their pride and gold [01:17.08]And their faith in him increases [01:20.02] [01:21.40]But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in [01:26.29]From a temple to a robber's den [01:31.51] [01:32.70]In the words of the rebel jesus [01:36.09] [02:24.06]We guard our world with locks and guns [02:28.02]And we guard our fine possessions [02:31.05] [02:33.02]And once a year when christmas comes [02:37.14]We give to our relations [02:40.57] [02:41.51]And perhaps we give a little to the poor [02:46.03]If the generosity should seize us [02:49.57] [02:50.36]But if any one of us should interfere [02:54.26] [02:54.96]In the business of why they are poor [03:01.20]They get the same as the rebel jesus [03:04.29] [03:08.41]So pardon me if I have seemed [03:12.77]To take the tone of judgement [03:15.70] [03:17.35]For I've no wish to come between [03:20.64] [03:21.59]This day and your enjoyment [03:24.14] [03:25.77]In this life of hardship and of earthly toil [03:29.66] [03:30.19]There's a need for anything that frees us [03:33.93] [03:34.60]So I bid you pleasure [03:36.57]And I bid you cheer [03:38.78]From a heathen and a pagan [03:42.93] [03:45.72]On the side of the rebel jesus