Lazarus Dies Again

LAZARUS DIES AGAIN

Rise up Lazarus, get out of that grave

Rise and shine Lazarus, clean up and get a shave

Martha is weeping, she's been gnashing her teeth

Can't you hear her wailing, rise up and stop her grief

The dogs are sniffing, the children are scared

Now, Martha is laughing "brother you've been spared"

She's cooking a goat, calling all her friends

Oh rise up Lazarus and live again (again, again)

Rise up, rise up

He's a local celebrity they all buy him drinks

He's an authority on death they ask him what he thinks

Did you see my mother there?

Or see a great white light?

Did you fight with the devil on that eternal night?

He goes on a lecture circuit

Hosts his own T.V. show

Has his pick of women wherever he goes

He advises politicians, he dines with kings

Gets a record deal and he starts to sing (and sing, and sing)

Then Jesus gets in trouble and goes to trial

Lazarus gets wind and lays low for a while

The network pulls the plug, the record deal heads south

He hides out in the cave behind Martha's house

And they weep, they cry and moan for their friend

All the lies the injustice and how he meets his end

They cry for a while then he starts to grin

"My God Martha, he's gonna rise again (again, again)

After the burial they just move away

Get an apartment in Cairo and live out their days

He works on chariots and keeps his secret well hid

And never talks about what Jesus did

The years roll along, they both get on the pension

And he often thinks of his former attention

On the night he lay dying he calls out to his friend

"Oh Jesus can you hear me?"

Then Lazarus dies again