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Hello Jesus
Jesus children
Jesus loves you
Jesus children
Hello children, Jesus loves you, of America
Are you hearing
What he's saying?
Are you feeling
What you're praying?
Are you hearing, praying, feeling, what you say inside?
You'd better tell
Your story fast
And if you lie (yeah)
It will come to pass
(Tell me) tell me Holy
(Holy roller) Holy roller
(Are you standing) are you standing
(Like a soldier?) Like a soldier?
(Well) are you standing for everything you talk about?
(Holy roller) yeah
Say (transcen-) transcendental
(-tal meditation) meditation
(Speaks of) speaks of inner
(Inner preservation) preservation
(Well) transcendental meditation gives you peace of mind
Peace of mind (yeah)
You'd better tell
Your story fast (fast)
And if you lie
It will come to pass
Tell 'em
Don't lie to 'em
Don't tell lies (tell 'em)
Don't lie to 'em
Ooh (tell 'em)
(Don't lie to 'em) ooh, yeah
(Tell 'em)
(Don't lie to 'em) oh, tell 'em Jesus
(Tell me) tell me junkie
(If you're able) if you're able
(Playing) are you playing your cards
(On the table) on the table
(Yeah) are you happy when you stick a needle in your vein
Hey, hey (tell the children), hey, hey
(Jesus) Jesus died on
(Cross for you) cross for you
(Mary) Mary is just
(Looking at you) looking at you
(Yeah) Mother Mary feels so much pain, yeah
(Looking at him)
So, you better tell, mhm
(Tell your story) your story fast
Tell your story, story
And if you lie (ooh, do you love me?)
It will come to pass (yeah, tell your story, story)
You better tell
(Tell your story) your story fast
Tell your story, story
Oh, if you lie (ooh, do you love me?)
It's gonna come to pass (yeah, hey-hee)
Mhm-hmm
I need you
Jesus children
Jesus loves you
Jesus children
Hello children, Jesus loves you, of America
Are you hearing
What he's saying?
Are you feeling
What you're praying?
Are you hearing, praying, feeling, what you say inside?
You'd better tell
Your story fast
And if you lie (yeah)
It will come to pass
(Tell me) tell me Holy
(Holy roller) Holy roller
(Are you standing) are you standing
(Like a soldier?) Like a soldier?
(Well) are you standing for everything you talk about?
(Holy roller) yeah
Say (transcen-) transcendental
(-tal meditation) meditation
(Speaks of) speaks of inner
(Inner preservation) preservation
(Well) transcendental meditation gives you peace of mind
Peace of mind (yeah)
You'd better tell
Your story fast (fast)
And if you lie
It will come to pass
Tell 'em
Don't lie to 'em
Don't tell lies (tell 'em)
Don't lie to 'em
Ooh (tell 'em)
(Don't lie to 'em) ooh, yeah
(Tell 'em)
(Don't lie to 'em) oh, tell 'em Jesus
(Tell me) tell me junkie
(If you're able) if you're able
(Playing) are you playing your cards
(On the table) on the table
(Yeah) are you happy when you stick a needle in your vein
Hey, hey (tell the children), hey, hey
(Jesus) Jesus died on
(Cross for you) cross for you
(Mary) Mary is just
(Looking at you) looking at you
(Yeah) Mother Mary feels so much pain, yeah
(Looking at him)
So, you better tell, mhm
(Tell your story) your story fast
Tell your story, story
And if you lie (ooh, do you love me?)
It will come to pass (yeah, tell your story, story)
You better tell
(Tell your story) your story fast
Tell your story, story
Oh, if you lie (ooh, do you love me?)
It's gonna come to pass (yeah, hey-hee)
Mhm-hmm
I need you
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I thought this song was about John Lennon at first, with 'Holy Roller' being a reference to Lennon's song Come Together, the 'Jesus died for you' stuff referring to the 'Beatles Bigger Than Jesus' comment that John made, the references to transcendental meditation which John had done in India in '68 and the junkie remarks which make sense considering John's heavy drug use, in particular his heroin addiction. John of course had written the song 'God' just 3 years before this song was released where he seems to put down religious and states he doesn't believe in Jesus, The Bible etc. And John had been a solider of peace and doing a lot of protesting around this time.
But now I'm thinking it's just taking aim at people who claim to believe in Jesus but don't live their lives accordingly...the meditation part confuses me though