Ballad of the Carpenter-Phil Ochs

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:时间戳工具V2.0_20200810] [offset:0] [00:03.66]Jesus was a working man [00:07.20]And a hero you will hear [00:11.19]Born in the town of Bethlehem [00:15.21]At the turning of the year [00:18.57]At the turning of the year [00:23.61]When Jesus was a little lad [00:27.24]Streets rang with his name [00:30.24]For he argued with the older men [00:34.83]And put them all to shame [00:38.28]He put them all to shame [00:42.84]He became a wandering journeyman [00:46.92]And he traveled far and wide [00:50.55]And he noticed how wealth and poverty [00:55.26]Live always side by side [00:58.95]Live always side by side [01:03.36]So he said Come all you working men [01:07.44]Farmers and weavers too [01:11.10]If you would only stand as one [01:15.15]This world belongs to you [01:18.57]This world belongs to you [01:23.22]When the rich men heard what the carpenter had done [01:27.72]To the Roman troops they ran [01:30.99]Saying put this rebel Jesus down [01:35.67]He's a menace to God and man [01:39.09]He's a menace to God and man [01:44.10]The commander of the occupying troops [01:47.79]Just laughed and then he said [01:50.70]There's a cross to spare on Calvaries hill [01:54.42]By the weekend he'll be dead [01:57.96]By the weekend he'll be dead [02:03.24]Now Jesus walked among the poor [02:07.26]For the poor were his own kind [02:10.59]And they'd never let them get near enough [02:14.49]To take him from behind [02:18.03]To take him from behind [02:22.50]So they hired one of the traders trade [02:26.49]And an informer was he [02:29.58]And he sold his brother to the butchers men [02:33.36]For a fistful of silver money [02:36.60]For a fistful of silver money [02:42.12]And Jesus sat in the prison cell [02:45.93]And they beat him and offered him bribes [02:49.89]To desert the cause of his fellow man [02:52.95]And work for the rich men's tribe [02:56.55]To work for the rich men's tribe [03:01.23]And the sweat stood out on Jesus' brow [03:05.40]And the blood was in his eye [03:08.82]When they nailed his body to the Roman cross [03:12.60]And they laughed as they watched him die [03:16.08]They laughed as they watched him die [03:24.36]Two thousand years have passed and gone [03:28.44]Many a hero too [03:31.38]But the dream of this poor carpenter [03:35.85]Remains in the hands of you [03:39.33]Remains in the hands of you