Chocolate Jesus Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Lazlo 

Cover art for Chocolate Jesus lyrics by Tom Waits

I've heard Tom tell the story about the Testamints, but he also says that the chocolate Jesus was a real piece of Easter candy given to him by his father in law, and he thought it was just kind of odd and wrote a song about it.

By the way, the reference to the old Abba Zabba candy bar is a little nod to one of his musical idols, Don "Captain Beefheart" Van Vliet, who also wrote a song about a piece of candy, "Abba Zabba", released on the album "Safe as Milk".

@Lazlo This is the story as I heard it too