Harris Emmylou Jerusalem Tomorrow Lyrics

Jerusalem Tomorrow Lyrics

Man you should have seen me way back then  

 I could tell a tale, I could make a spin  

 I could tell you black was white I could tell you day was night  

 Not only that I could tell you why  

 Back then I could really tel a lie  

  

 Well I'd hire a kid to say he was lame  

 Then I'd touch him and make him walk again  

 Then I'd pull some magic trick I'd pretend to heal the sick  

 I was takin' everything they had to give  

 It wasn't all that bad a way to live  

  

 Well I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell  

 But no one's buyin' what I got to sell  

 I make my lame kid walk I make a dumb guy talk  

 I'm preachin' up a storm both night and day  

 But everyone just turns and walks away  

  

 Well I can see that I'm only wasting time  

 So I head across the road to drink some wine  

 This old man comes up to me He says I seen you on the street  

 You're pretty good if I do say myself  

 But the guy that come thru here last month he was somethin' else  

  

 Instead of callin' out for fire from above  

 He just gets real quiet and talks about love  

 And I'll tell you somethin' funny He didn't want nobody's money  

 Now I'm not exactly sure what this all means  

 But it's the damndest thing I swear I've ever seen  

  

 Well since that time every town is the same  

 I can't make a dime, I don't know why I came  

 I decide I'll go and find him And find out who's behind him  

 He has everyone convinced that he's for real  

 Well I figure we can work us out a deal  

  

 So he offers me a job and I say fine  

 He says I'll get paid off on down the line  

 Well I guess I'll string along Don't see how too much can go wrong  

 As long as he pays my way I guess I'll follow  

 We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow