Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam Lyrics

Lyric discussion by AlgernonMabus 

Cover art for Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam lyrics by Vaselines, The

It's not supposed to mean "Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam," actally. It's an imperative. "Jesus, don't want me for a sunbeam." See the title? They're basically saying "Sorry, Jesus, you're gonna have to find someone else to be your sunbeam, because I can't be bothered." I guess it's kind of a break-up song with Jesus, or religion in general.

Oh, and the song is kind of a response to an old Christian hymn called "I'll Be a Sunbeam" or something like that.

no, they later changed the name of the song to "Jesus doesn't want me for a sunbeam" so they meant it the other way