JESUS WAS A LONGRASSER - Freedom Summers
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Jesus was a Longrasser, he walked across the land.
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Sleepin' out under the stars, oh Jesus was a 'Country-man'.
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Rejected by the authorities 'cause of his vagrancy,
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dreadlocks and his simple clothes, campin' out at Gali-lee.
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T'was hearing him 'round his campfire, he spoke about the Kingdom,
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It wasn't in a rich mans house nor in the skies a-bove.
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The message is very simple, any child can understand,
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that the kingdom is inside of us and heaven is sweet, sweet love.
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that the kingdom is inside of us and heaven is sweet, sweet love.
Instrumental:
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Now if you've ever felt inside, something has died,
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your love has gone and left you all twisted up in-side.
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Bitterness is poison, holding it within.
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Forgiveness has the freedom to raise you from the dead.
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Jesus was a Longrasser, he walked across the land.
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Sleepin' out under the stars, oh Jesus was a 'Country-man'.
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Rejected by the authorities 'cause of his vagrancy,
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dreadlocked and his simple clothes, sleepin' out at Gali-lee.
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Jesus was a Longrasser, he walked across the land.
C G
Sleepin' out under the stars, oh Jesus was a 'Country-man'.
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Rejected by the authorities 'cause of his vagrancy,
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dreadlocked and his simple clothes, sleepin' out at Gali-lee.