JOHN AND JESUS Peter
Kearney
Of John and Jesus, the rise
and the fall -
John was the prophet, the
greatest of all
And Jesus the saviour whom
God did send
They had the same message and
came to the same sudden end.
John kept to basics in food and in dress
He made his home out in the
wilderness
The down and the out were his
neighbours there
He showed us a way when we
didn' t know where to begin.
He said: Come on everyone to the river to drown
To be tumbled and tossed, turned upside down
Change your heart, come clear your mind
And find your feet on new ground.
One day the Pharisees came
from the town –
Smooth talkin' men in their fancy gowns
And John he said - "you' re a brood of snakes
You know every law but not
what it takes to be good!"
He spoke without fear and
news of him spread
The poor, like children, came
to hear what he said
He wasn' t
giving them stones, he gave them bread
They fed on the truth - every
word that he said said it all.
John gave a warning-
"destruction is due!"
The people asked him -
"just what should we do?"
"If you' ve got two coats then one is to share
If you have power, be sure
you are fair to the poor."
You know that Jesus, when he
came along
He went straight to the river
to be baptised by John
He took his place where John
took his stand
Brought news of a Kingdom
where the poor of the land could belong.
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Herod the King liked to hear
John speak
What he said made him nervous
but he sure was unique
Then John criticised his
plans to rewed
So they put him in prison -
before very long John was dead.
And how many people since
Jesus and John
Spoke out the truth and soon
were gone
After naming the names of the
snakes in the pile
They' re
gone - but just for a while.
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"What did you go to the
desert to see?
Was it a reed shaking in the
breeze?" "
Oh no it was a wiry tree
Growing up strong in a place
where a tree shouldn' t be!"
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