Indifference

 

When Jesus came to Golgotha they hanged Him on a tree

They drove great nails through hands and feet and made a Calvary

They crowned Him with a crown of thorns- red were His wounds and deep

For those were crude and cruel days and human flesh was cheap.

 

When Jesus came to Birmingham they simply passed Him by

They never hurt a hair of Him they only let Him die

For men had grown more tender and they would not give Him pain

They only just passed down the street and left  Him in the rain...

 

Still Jesus cried "Forgive them, for they know not what they do!"

And still it rained the winter rain that drenched Him through and through

THe crowds wenr home and left the streets without a soul to see,

And Jesus crouched against a wall and cried for Calvary!

 

 

Words- G. A. Studdart- Kennedy

Music Anthony Foster May 1986