Lyrics to
Jesus Was A Crossmaker

This version of Jesus Was A Crossmaker was released by The Hollies in 1972.

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Sweet silver angels over the sea
Please come down flying low for me

One time I trusted a stranger
’cause I heard his sweet song
And it was gently enticing me
Though there was something wrong
When I turned he was gone

Blinding me his song remains reminding me
He’s a bandit and a heartbreaker
Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker

He wages war with the devil
A pistol by his side
And though he chases him out my window and
Won’t give him a place to hide
He keeps his door open wide
Fighting him
He lights a lamp inviting him
He’s a bandit and a heartbreaker
Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker

I hear the thunder come rumbling
The light never looked so dim
I see the junction get nearer
And danger’s in the wind
And either road’s looking grim

Hiding me I flee desire’s dividing me
He’s a bandit and a heartbreaker
Oh but Jesus was a crossmaker
Yeah but Jesus was a crossmaker

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The lyrics for Jesus Was A Crossmaker are defined as the words making up the song released by The Hollies in 1972. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Jesus Was A Crossmaker have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Hollies and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Jesus Was A Crossmaker by The Hollies if you think through it. 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 Was A Crossmaker" means the words set to the music of Jesus Was A Crossmaker, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Hollies. 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 Was A Crossmaker and the lyrics to Jesus Was A Crossmaker are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Hollies who came here looking just for the lyrics to Jesus Was A Crossmaker, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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