Standard White Jesus

Lyrics

Baby, boom go boom Baby, boom go bum Baby, boom, go straight to the edge And someone hollers "jump!" You've got to be dead to be bigger than life But everyone's afraid to fly Everyone wants to be on a postage stamp But nobody wants to die Better bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross And read the letters that the children write To the Standard White Santa Claus They want flash; Something awesome Something with a little kick Something Semi- Automatic Just might do the trick They want weapons To arm themselves Against every childhood fear They want rockets To fly up to heaven And get the hell out of here See the devils And the angels See how shamelessly they dance Defying the laws of gravity On the shoulders of romance\ The sensations The temptations Our forefathers have succumbed to And the bitter- Sweet fragrance Our noses have been numbed to Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross And read the letters that the children write To the Standard White Santa Claus (Bow, bow down) How grim Our lives would be If not for children's laughter Like scary Old fairy tales With no happily ever after Talking on telephones Cross time zones Paying the futility bill Praying for rain Punching clocks Changing the world like I change my socks Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross Bow down To the Standard White Jesus on the cross And read the letters that the children write To the Standard White Santa Claus And read the letters that the children write To the Standard White Santa Claus