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Jesus Loves The Working Folk

from A Candle For Durruti by Al Grierson

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lyrics

JESUS LOVES THE WORKING FOLK

He was just a guy who had a job that needed to be done
Come to rob us with a briefcase but he should’ve used a gun
Cause Jesus loves the working folks and all their girls and boys
He never let em take away the baby’s Christmas toys

Daddy always found a way to smile when times were tough
He had a lot of promise, he just never had enough
And he never let the hard work or the hard times get him down
Never let us kids go short when Christmas came around

Then one year a stranger came, a man we didn’t know
And a chill got even colder than the January snow
He said “Your payment’s overdue, it all belongs to me”
He took the wishbone from the turkey and the tinsel from the tree
He took all our Christmas presents, Daddy’s suit and Mama’s shawl
The upholstery from the pickup truck and the paper from the wall

We just stood there in silence as he shook poor Daddy’s hand
He said “It’s nothing personal I hope you’ll understand”

He was just a guy who had a job that needed to be done
Come to rob us with a briefcase but he should’ve used a gun
Cause Jesus loves the working folks and all their girls and boys
He never let em take away the baby’s Christmas toys

Y’see Daddy had a hound dog by the name of Dan’l Boone
He must’ve took that stranger for a possum or a coon
He lit out a running when he heard that fellow sneeze
And left him with a puncture in his satin BVDs

Now Dan’l Boone never did that kind of thing before
That stranger never even stopped to open up the door
Just took off like Santa’s reindeer in a signifying bound
Came down in an outhouse on the other side of town

Scared the livin hell out of poor ol Joe Bob Denton
Who was quietly waiting the imminent revival of the Confederacy
While keeping company with a quart bottle of Christmas whiskey
And contemplating the aesthetic subtleties of the lingerie section
Of the Fall and Winter 1956 edition
Of the Sears and Roebuck mail order catalog may it rest in peace

They say that stranger passed away back in 1962
Just as ornery as he ever was and, if it’s really true
Cause the Devil keeps those special jobs for those he really hates
Now he’s repossessing bibles outside the Pearly Gates

He was just a guy who had a job that needed to be done
Come to rob us with a briefcase but he should’ve used a gun
Cause Jesus loves the working folks and all their girls and boys
He never let em take away the baby’s Christmas toys

Yeah, Jesus loves the working folks and all their girls and boys
He never let em take away the baby’s Christmas toys

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from A Candle For Durruti, released January 1, 1999

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