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Jesus Children Of America

This version of Jesus Children Of America was released by Stevie Wonder in 1973.

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Hello Jesus
Jesus children
Jesus loves you
Jesus children
Hello children Jesus loves you of America

Are you hearing
What He’s saying ?
Are you feeling
What you’re praying ?
Are you hearing, praying, feeling
What you say inside ?

You’d better tell
Your story fast…
And if you lie
It will come to pass…

Tell me!
Tell me holy
Holly roller
Holly roller
Are you standing
Are you standing
Like a soldier ?
Like a soldier ?
Waell…
Are you standing for everything you talk about ?
Holly roller…

Say
Tanscen
Transcendental
Dental meditation
Meditation
Speaks of
Speaks of inner
Inner preservation
Preservation
Waell…
Transcendental meditation gives you peace of mind
Peace of mind

You’d better tell
Your story fast…
And if you lie
It will come to pass…

Tell ’em
Don’t lie to ’em
Don’t tell lies
Tell ’em
Don’t lie to ’em

Ooh, hu hu…uh uh uh…yeah

Tell ’em
Don’t lie to ’em
Don’t tell lies
Tell ’em
Tell ’em Jesus

Tell me
Tell me junkie
If you’re able
If you’re able
Playing
Are you playing your cards
On the table
On the table
Yeah…
Are you happy when you stick a needle in your vein
Hey hey
Tell the children
Hey hey hey

Jesus
Jesus died on
Cross for you
Cross for you
Mary
Mary is just
Looking at you
Looking at you
Yeah…
Mother Mary feels so much pain
Looking at him

So, you better tell
Tell your story fast…
Tell your story, story!
And if you lie
Yeah, tell your story
It will come to pass
Yeah, tell your story, story!

Um…um I need you Jesus

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Stevie Wonder has released many songs over the years besides Jesus Children Of America. Stevie Wonder released songs from 1962 to 2005 spanning across albums like Tribute To Uncle Ray, Down To Earth, Uptight (Everything's Alright), I Was Made To Love Her, Someday At Christmas, For Once In My Life, My Cherie Amour, Signed, Sealed And Delivered, Where I'm Coming From, Talking Book, Music Of My Mind, Innervisions, Fulfillingness' First Finale, Songs In The Key Of Life, Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants, Hotter Than July, Stevie Wonder's Original Musiquarium, The Woman In Red, In Square Circle, Characters, Jungle Fever, Conversation Peace, Natural Wonder, and A Time To Love. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Stevie Wonder.

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About Lyrics and Jesus Children Of America by Stevie Wonder

The lyrics to Jesus Children Of America are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Stevie Wonder used when the song was created in 1973. The lyrics to Jesus Children Of America have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Stevie Wonder and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Jesus Children Of America by Stevie Wonder. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Jesus Children Of America" means the words set to the music of Jesus Children Of America, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Stevie Wonder. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Jesus Children Of America and the lyrics to Jesus Children Of America are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Stevie Wonder who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jesus Children Of America, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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