Jesus, you´re making it big on Broadway,
Gosh, it´s good to see your name in lights!
Singing them rock and roll songs, by golly!
Bet you, you learned them from Buddy Holly,
I bet you you kept the Heavenly Choir up late at night,
A-picking up a back beat.
Jesus, you´re S.R.O. on Broadway,
Told us you´d be back, but what do you know?
A-wop bop a loo-bop, a-wop bam boom!
Rolled the stone back from the tomb,
And out came Jesus, starring in a Broadway show!
Jesus, we needed you here on Broadway.
Business wasn´t so good till you came through.
Cecil DeMille made a bundle with you,
But he never knew that you could boogaloo.
Now let me tell you what we´re gonna do for you,
We´ll put you on a T-shirt!
Jesus, you´re a very hot ticket on Broadway.
Told us you´d be back, but what do you know?
A-wop bop a loo-bop, a-wop bam boom!
All you ever needed was a couple good tunes!
Jesus, I bet your Daddy´s proud of you now!
Jesus loves me, this I know,
Gave me house seats to his show.
Oh, when the cash starts rolling in,
Oh, when the cash starts rolling in,
Aren´t you glad you signed up the Savior,
When the cash starts rolling in?
Jesus, you´re really the toast of Broadway,
Spreading peace and joy on the old White Way.
This time around you´re a little bit looser.
All you ever needed was the right producer,
Someone who could tell the Savior what to say -
A-be a-bop a-lula.
Jesus, you´re the biggest star on Broadway,
And what a proper superstar you look!
A golden oldie, a blast from the past,
It´s great to see that you´ve come back at last,
And some day I just have to read the book!
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Thanks to Jan for the transcription! |