Billy Bragg and Wilco – Christ for President Lyrics
Track 9 on Mermaid Avenue
[Verse 1]
Let's have Christ our president
Let us have him for our king
Cast your vote for the Carpenter
That they call the Nazarene
[Verse 2]
The only way
They can ever beat
These crooked politician men
Is to cast the moneychangers
Out of the temple
Put the Carpenter in
[Verse 3]
Oh it's Jesus Christ our president
God above our king
With a job and pension for young and old
We will make hallelujah ring
[Verse 4]
Every year we waste enough
To feed the ones who starve
We build our civilization up
And we shoot it down with wars
[Verse 5]
But with the Carpenter
On the seat
Way up in the capitol town
The USA
Be on the way
Prosperity bound
Let's have Christ our president
Let us have him for our king
Cast your vote for the Carpenter
That they call the Nazarene
[Verse 2]
The only way
They can ever beat
These crooked politician men
Is to cast the moneychangers
Out of the temple
Put the Carpenter in
[Verse 3]
Oh it's Jesus Christ our president
God above our king
With a job and pension for young and old
We will make hallelujah ring
[Verse 4]
Every year we waste enough
To feed the ones who starve
We build our civilization up
And we shoot it down with wars
[Verse 5]
But with the Carpenter
On the seat
Way up in the capitol town
The USA
Be on the way
Prosperity bound
Track 9 on Mermaid Avenue
