Nazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown
Like his father carving wood–he’d have made good
Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best
He’d have caused nobody harm–no-one alarm
Listen Jesus do you care for your race?
Don’t you see we must keep in our place?
We are occupied — have you forgotten how put down we are?
I am frightened by the crowd
For we are getting much too loud
And they’ll crush us if we go too far
Listen Jesus to the warning I give
Please remember that I want us to live
But it’s sad to see our chances weaking with every hour
All your followers are blind
Too much heaven on their minds
It was nice but now it’s sour
Yes it’s all gone sour
Bethany, Friday night
APOSTLES
What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening
JESUS
Why should you want to know?
Don’t you mind about the future, don’t you try to think ahead
Save tomorrow for tomorrow, think about today instead
APOSTLES
What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening
JESUS
I could give you facts and figures — I could give you plans and forecasts
Even tell you where I’m going –
APOSTLES
When do we ride into Jerusalem?
JESUS
Why should you want to know?
Why are you obsessed with fighting times and fates you can’t defy?
If you knew the path we’re riding you’d understand it less than I less than I
APOSTLES
What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening
MARY MAGDALENE
Let me try to cool down your face a bit
JESUS
That feels so nice, so nice…
Mary that is good —
While you prattle through your supper — where and when and who and how
She alone has tried to give me what I need right here and now
APOSTLES
What’s the buzz? Tell me what’s happening
WHAT’S THE BUZZ / STRANGE THING MYSTIFYING
JUDAS
It seems to me a strange thing mystifying
That a man like you can waste his time on women of her kind
Yes I can understand that she amuses
But to let stroke you kiss your hair is hardly in your line
It’s not that I object to her profession
But she doesn’t fit in well with you teach and say
It doesn’t help us if you are inconsistent
They only need a small excuse to put us all away
JESUS
Who are you to criticise her? Who are you to despise her?
Leave her leave her let her be now
Leave her leave her she’s with me now
If your slate is clean then you can throw stones
If your slate is not then leave her alone
I’m amazed that men like you can be so shallow thick and slow
There is net a man among you who knows or cares if I come or go
