Jesus is alive – Better look busy (Cool Bananas! Cool Bananas!)
Jesus is alive and he’s looking for pity
Dressed like the virgin on a shot-gun wedding cake
White flares and sneakers make him look a bit like Alan Lake
He’s so adorable, a genuine fake
Quite unemployable – His Sacred Bleeding Heart might break
Jesus is alive – Better look busy
He’s got a nerve to show his holy beard ‘round here
He loves that cross, he wheels it everywhere in second gear
Re–living wonderments and miracles of yesteryear
Drowning his blessings in a crumpled can of communion beer
Jesus is alive – Better look busy (Cool Bananas! Cool Bananas!)
Jesus is alive and he’s looking for pity
This old goat ain’t meek or mild and he sure don’t care
For the beasts of the field or the birds of the air
He’s an old-fashioned gentleman of the urban road
A pigeon-loving scarecrow – all turtle-necked and open-toed...
His back is bent now and his beard is grey
He’ll find that free lunch in a bin someday
He walks upon the wine and makes the deaf man see
He gives hearing to the blind as he spreads a little misery
I saw him laying hands upon the bus-stop queue
We all thought he was dead but have I got some real good news for you...
Jesus is alive – Better look busy (Cool Bananas! Cool Bananas!)
Jesus is alive and he’s looking for pity
Musicians:
- David Fisher – Vocal, Piano, Organ, Drums, Acoustic Guitars, Percussion, Vocoder, Backing Vocals
- Peter Watts – Electric Guitar
- Simon Woodham – Clavinet, Melotron
- Tiv – Bass
- Martin Gregory – Tambourine
- Vicki Workman – Backing Vocals, "Cool Bananas"
- Alex Heffes – Brass Programming, Loops, Synths
Production:
Pre-production chez Simon Woodham, Carshalton, Surrey, UKProgramming by Alex Heffes at Moose Mansions, Alexander Palace, UK
Produced by David Fisher at Summerisle in Carshalton Beeches, UK
Note:
This song is inspired by a local "gentleman of the road" who was known as "Jesus" on account of his white suit, long hair and beard. He was regular fixture to avoid on the way home from school balancing a line of pigeons on his outstretched arms. He then disappeared for several years before I spotted him on the way to a gig. I immediately said to myself "Jesus is Alive!" Shortly after this surprising resurrection it was reported in the local paper that he had died!
"Cool Bananas" is an endearing expression my friend Beverley Isaacs used to use.