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Jesus Was A Cross Maker Lyrics
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
One time I trusted a stranger
Cuz I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticin' me
Tho there was somethin' wrong,
But when I turned he was gone.
Blindin' me, his song remains remindin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker.
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
He wages war with the devil
A pistol by his side
And tho he chases him out windows
And won't give him a place to hide,
He keeps his door open wide
Fightin' him he lights a lamp invitin' him,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
I heard the thunder come rumblin'
The light never looked so dim
I see the junction git nearer'
And danger is in the wind
And either road's lookin' grim
Hidin' me, I flee, desire dividin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker.
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
One time I trusted a stranger
Cuz I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticin' me
Tho there was somethin' wrong
But when I turned he was gone
Blindin' me, his song remains remindin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker.
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
Please come down flyin' low for me
One time I trusted a stranger
Cuz I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticin' me
Tho there was somethin' wrong,
But when I turned he was gone.
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker.
Please come down flyin' low for me
A pistol by his side
And tho he chases him out windows
And won't give him a place to hide,
He keeps his door open wide
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Please come down flyin' low for me
The light never looked so dim
I see the junction git nearer'
And danger is in the wind
And either road's lookin' grim
He's a bandit and a heart breaker.
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker
Yes, Jesus was a cross maker
Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flyin' low for me
One time I trusted a stranger
Cuz I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticin' me
Tho there was somethin' wrong
But when I turned he was gone
Blindin' me, his song remains remindin' me,
He's a bandit and a heart breaker,
Oh, but Jesus was a cross maker.
Please come down flyin' low for me
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Got a live copy of this and she introduces this song with a little explanation of it:
"Um, this song I just wrote a little while ago, and someone told me they heard it on the radio today-- it just came out two days ago, and um... I wanted to write a song about this principle: the lower down you go to gain your momentum from, the higher up it will propel ya, but I couldn't think of a way to say that poetically... and I happened to stumble across this real obscure theological fact, and that is that Jesus was a cross maker. That really got in my head, and I knew I had to write a song about it.
Same time, I was having a really unhappy romance with this guy: he was a bandit, and a heartbreaker. So one morning I woke up and realised that "he's a bandit and a heartbreaker" rhymes with "but Jesus was a crossmaker". And I knew that even that wretched bastard was not beyond redemption. It's true, it's true; I swear. It saved me, this song. It was writing this song or suicide, y'know?"
This song is really good,
From what I can work out... It's about someone wanting to be good but being passive to bad things happening. AKA breaking someones heart.
I think it's about a woman getting her heart broken by a "bad boy", but still thinking he's a good person. Like his actions don't reflect his true nature. Beautiful song.
The guy is reputed to be J.D. Souther (singer, actor and co-writer of several Eagles songs), who today acknowledges Judee Sill as one of the most important musicians he has known.
The idea of Jesus making crosses is found in Nikos Kazantzakis' novel "The Last Temptation of Christ" from 1960 (and in Scorsese's film from 1988).
Written about her former boyfriend, a jazz cornet player named Tommy Peltier. Featured in BBC radio documentary 9 September 2014