James Isaak: Songs

Why would they want to nail me to a cross
when all that I preached to them was peace
and why would they sentence me to death for my talk
I only tried to set them free
why did they laugh and cheer while I walked
my burden on my back for all to see
I don’t understand
what it is to be a man
I know I won’t ever understand

Why do they fight and forget what I taught
all those years ago in Galilee
and why do they take the time to trade away their souls
sailing back and forth into the breeze
why do they not look inside of themselves
and wonder why the weariness won’t leave
I don’t understand
what it is to be a man
I know I won’t ever understand

Why do they preach like they know what I want
preying on the people who believe
why do they take when they giveth not
my name does not justify your greed
what would it take to let everybody see
that charlatans have used me in their schemes
I don’t understand
what it is to be a man
I know I wont ever understand

Why do they send their soldiers to fight
and destroy indiscriminately
and why do they use my name to make it right
and ignore the cries of those who bleed
why do they take away what I was
and put in place a martyr to appease
I don’t understand
what it is to be a man
I know I won’t ever understand

Lyrics copyright 2005 James Isaak