[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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The day that Jesus arrived in Jerusalem
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adventure almost over, the night he hadn't slept
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Dreams and premonitions made him tired and emotional,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 2]
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He wasn't scared of dying, he'd made that commitment
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Fulfilling the old prophecy, his bargain he had kept
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He was due some satisfaction, but he was deeply troubled,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 3]
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Was this his true destiny, or could he still make changes,
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Someone else's nightmare into which he'd stepped?
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Damage limitation couldn't save the situation,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 4]
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In his dream he saw the crusade and all wars that would follow,
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Declared in his name when he thought he'd been direct
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Love thy neighbour, do not kill, and turn the other cheek,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
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He saw the inquisition and the burning of the saints,
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The conversion of the innocents he swore he would protect
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He saw them bless the bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 5]
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Though Peter would betray him, he made him the rock
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On which he would build his church to sort of keep him in his debt
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A man about to die is allowed some confusion,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 6]
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He thought of his disciples, especially of Judas,
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The job that was ordained for him and the reward he'd collect
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He saw him in the tree with the silver coins around him,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 7]
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Then he thought about the good times when he turned the tables over,
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Chastised the money lenders and he earned the boy's respect
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He was proud of Godly anger, but ashamed of manly temper,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 8]
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Rumours started flying about water into wine,
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Sight to the blind and that he'd even raised the dead
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The biggest miracle was that anyone believed it,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Chorus 2]
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Then he mused on human nature, how fickle were the public,
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So ready to accept him, so quick now to reject
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Where were the five thousand he fed with loaves and fishes?
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 9]
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In his dream he saw a garden with all his friends asleep,
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He walked away the hours until the morning crept
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He wondered would the nails hurt, would he be man enough?
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 10]
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Was he supposed to bear it like a man or like a God,
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Would tears show a weakness or a strength by their effect?
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Would they be viewed as compassion or failure and self-pity?
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 11]
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Then he saw his houses burning on both sides of a border,
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Saw the guiltless suffer with the guilty and the rest
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And when they called his name and he knew he couldn't help them,
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That's why Jesus wept.
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Then he saw two armies marching and he heard their crucifixes
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Reduced to superstitious muted jangling round their necks
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And he heard his name intoned as they interred their companion,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
[Verse 12]
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Then he thought about his mother and the stories she had told him,
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Who'd filled his dreams with angels, put voices in his head
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Then the scent of pine trees made him think of dear old Joseph,
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And that's why Jesus wept.
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That's why Jesus wept.