Andrew Webber - Jesus Christ Superstar

Roll on up – for my price is down
Come on in – for the best in town
Take pour pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Name your price I got everything
Came and buy it's all going fast
Borrow cash on the finest terms
Hurry now while stocks still last

Roll on up – for my price is down
Come on in – for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Roll on up – for my price is down
Come on in – for the best in town

My temple should be a house of prayer
But you have made it a den of thieves
Got out! Get out!
My time is almost through
Little left to do
After all I've tried for three years,
Seems like thirty
Seems like thirty!

See my eyes I can hardly see
See me stand I can hardly walk
I believe you can make me whole
See my tongue I can hardly talk
See my skin I'm a mass of blood
See my legs I can hardly stand
I believe you can make me well
See my purse I'm a poor poor man
Will you touch will you mend me Christ
Won't you touch will you heal me Christ
Will you kiss you can cure me Christ
Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ
See my eyes I can hardly see
See me stand I can hardly walk
I believe you can make me whole
See my tongue I can hardly talk
See my skin I'm a mass of blood
See my legs I can hardly stand
I believe you can make me well
See my purse I'm a poor poor man
Will you touch will you mend me Christ
Won't you touch will you heal me Christ
Will you kiss you can cure me Christ
Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ
See my eyes I can hardly see
See me stand I can hardly walk
I believe you can make me whole
See my tongue I can hardly talk
See my skin I'm a mass of blood
See my legs I can hardly stand
I believe you can make me well
See my purse I'm a poor poor man
Will you touch will you mend me Christ
Won't you touch will you heal me Christ
Will you kiss you can cure me Christ
Won't you kiss won't you pay me Christ

There's too many of you – don't push me
There's too little of me – don't crowd me
Heal yourselves!

Try not to get worried try no to turn on to
Problems that upset you oh don't you know
Everything's alright yes everything's fine

And I think I shall sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without me tonight

Close your eyes close year eyes
And forget all about us tonight

I don't know how to love him
What to do how to move him
I've been changed yes really changed
In these past few days when I've seen myself
I seem like someone else

I don't know how to take this
I don't see why he moves me
He's a man he's just a man
And I've had so many men before
In very many ways
He's just one more

Should I bring him down
Should I scream and shout
Should I speak of love
Let my feelings out
I never thought I'd come to this -
What's it all about

Don't you think it's rather funny
I should be in this position
I'm the one who's always been
So calm so cool, no lover's fool
Running every show
He scares me so

I never thought I'd come to this -
What's it all about
Yet if he said he loved me
I'd be lost I'd be frightened
I couldn't cope just couldn't cope
I'd turn my head I'd back away
I wouldn't want to know
He scares me so
I want him so
I love him so

Now if I help you it matters that you see
These sordid kind of things are coming hard to me
It's taken me some time to work out what to do
I weighed the whole thing up before I came to you
I have no thought at all about my own reward
I really didn't come here of my own accord
Just don't say I'm
Damned for all time

I came because I had to I'm the one who saw
Jesus can't control it like he did before
And furthermore I know that Jesus thinks so too
Jesus wouldn't mind that I was here with you
I have no thought at all about my own reward
I really didn't come here of my own accord
Just don't say I'm
Damned for all time

Annas you're a friend a wordly man and wise
Caiaphas my friend I know you sympathise
Why are we the prophets? Why are we the ones?
Who see the sad solution – know what must be done
I have no thought at all about my own reward
I really didn't come here of my own accord
Just don't say I'm
Damned for all time

Cut the protesting forget the excuses
We want information get up off the floor

We have the papers we need to arrest him
You know his movements – we know the law

Your help in this matter won't go unrewarded

We'll pay you in silver – cash on the nail
We just need to know where the soldiers can find him

With no crowd around him

Then we can't fail

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I don't need your blood money!

Oh that doesn't matter our expenses are good

I don't want your blood money!

But you might as well take it – we think that you should

Think of the things you can do with that money
Choose any charity – give to the poor
We've noted your motives we've noted your feelings
This isn't blood money – it's a fee nothing
Fee nothing, fee nothing more.

On Thursday night you'll find him where you want him
Far from the crowds in the Garden of Gethsemane

Well done Judas
Good old Judas

Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
Till this evening is this morning life is fine
Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
Knew that I would make it if I tried
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
So they'll still talk about us when we've died

The end ...
Is just a little harder when brought about by friends
For all you care this wine could be my blood
For all you care this bread could be my body
The end!
This is my blood you drink
This is my body you eat
If you would remember me when you eat and drink ...
I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered – yes
I must be out of my head!
Look at your blank faces! My name will mean nothing
Ten minutes after I'm dead!
One of you denies me
One of you betrays me -

Not I! Who would? Impossible!

Peter will deny me in just a few hours
Three time will deny me – and that's not all I see
One of you here dining, one of my twelve chosen
Will leave to betray me -

Cut out the dramatics! You know very well who -

Why don't you go do it?

You want me to do it!

Harry they are waiting

If you knew why I do it ...

I don't care why you do it!

To think I admired you
For now I despise you

You liar – you Judas

You want me to do it!
What if I just stayed here
And ruined your ambition?
Christ you deserve it!

Hurry you fool, hurry and go,
Save me your speeches, I don't want to know – Go!

Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle pool of wine
What's that in the bread it's gone to my head
Till this morning is this evening life is fine
Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
Knew that I would make it if I tried
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
So they'll all talk about us when we've died

You sad pathetic man – see where you've brought us to
Our ideals die around us all because of you
And now the saddest cut of all -
Someone has to turn you in
Like a common criminal, like a wounded animal
A jaded mandarin
A jaded mandarin
A jaded faded mandarin

Get out! They're waiting! They're waiting for you!

Everytime I look at you I don't understand
Why you let the things you did get so out of hand
You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned -

Look at all my trials and tribulations
Sinking in a gentle peal of wine
Don't disturb me now I can see the answers
Till this evening is this morning life is fine
Always hoped that I'd be an apostle
Knew that I would make it if I tried
Then when we retire we can write the gospels
So they'll still talk about us when we've died

Will no-one stay awake with me?
Peter? John? James?
Will none of you wait with me?
Peter? John? James?