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That’s Where Jesus Is -2023 (Bedroom Demo #268)
🕑 Added 2023-02-17 20:13:37 +0000 UTCThat’s Where Jesus Is
words and music: Terry Scott Taylor
He’s not sittin’ up in the Whitehouse
Not subject to your big debates
Keeps his hands completely off Wall Street
Don’t own stock, bonds, or real estate
He ain’t up droppin’ bombs on people
Or workin’ on a college degree
He tunes out all them radio blowhards
Can’t stand the networks and religious TV
Chorus:
That’s Jesus in the homeless faces
With the junkies in their living hell
That’s Jesus with the drunks and in the lonely places
The rest homes and prison cells
That’s where Jesus is
He don’t hug trees or kill ‘em
Or drive a particular car
Won ’t help you write a big hit song
Don’t care how good lookin’ you are
And Jesus won’t be votin’
He’s not your party crashin’ dog in this fight
Not a fan rootin’ for your home team
Don’t insure that your future is bright
That’s Jesus in the homeless faces
With the junkies in their living hell
That’s Jesus with the drunks and in the lonely places
The rest homes and prison cells
That’s where Jesus is
Where we ought to be
Here’s where Jesus works:
Inside you and me
With the folks with aids
And the suffering kids
That’s where Jesus hangs
That’s where Jesus is
On the corner ‘round the prostitutes
Is where he’ll probably show
He gets invited to church sometimes
And sometimes he don’t go
Don’t care nothin’ about your status
What you can or you can’t afford
Don’t care if you’re voted best actor
Not impressed with your big award
He’s not in a five star restaurant
Eatin’ a six course meal
He’s not over on some golf course
Discussin’ the oil deal
He wants or voice
That’s how he talks
He wants our feet
That’s how he walks
And he wants our faith
But that’s never enough
He wants our hearts
That’s how he loves
That’s Jesus in the homeless faces
With the junkies in their living hell
That’s Jesus in the tenement spaces
The rest homes and prison cells
That’s where Jesus is
That’s where Jesus is
That’s where Jesus is
That’s where Jesus is….
guitar and vocals: T.S. Taylor
note:
“Which of the two did the will of the father? The chief priest and elders
replied “The first one.” Jesus said to them “I assure you and most solemnly
say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will get into heaven
before you.”
—Jesus Christ (AMP)
I’ve had a number of requests for this one. I’m more than happy to oblige. Since the song is fairly self-explanatory, I don’t have much to say here other than, when it was first released, “That’s Where Jesus Is” got some of the same kind of push-back from a few disgruntled Believers that “Breath Deep The Breath of God” received when the Lost Dogs released it. Still, most listeners loved TWJI and took it’s message to heart. I do think it ironic however that a song which alludes to the Pharisee’s self-righteous objection to Christ’s association with “prostitutes” (along with a bevy of other sinners), was being criticized for stating that Christ associated with prostitutes! You’d think that after almost two thousand years we would have finally gotten the Lord’s “It’s not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” thing through our thick skulls. Obviously these weren't the only criticisms aimed at TWJI; it saddens me to say that there appears to be a number of us who actually believe that if Jesus were physically here on earth today he would be “….up droppin’ bombs on people”!
Comments
Great song Terry! I've performed it a few times at conferences and coffeehouse settings.
Always great to hear your songs-and especially the background behind them.
