Lyrics to
Resurrection

This version of Resurrection was released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1979.

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Jesus Christ you’ve come out of hiding,
Just sign on the dotted line, I’ll see you’re OK
I’ll say to you expenses are high,
Seeing you’ve made it before I’ll take 20% and no more
(Gross)

Oh, tell me Lord did you happen to bring with you,
A saleable piece of the cross,
Crown of thorns,
A disciple or two.

We’ll sell them Jesus hats, Jesus socks, Jesus coats,
We’ll sue the Pope,
Jesus shoes,
Jesus dirty books too,
I wonder what will Billy Graham do.

Let me say how much I respect your wish,
To feed the multitude with 5 loaves and a fish,
But I’m sure you’ll see by going on the road with me,
Will make the needy pay,
There’s more money that way.

We’ll sell them Jesus hats, Jesus socks, Jesus coats,
We’ll sue the Pope,
Jesus shoes,
Jesus dirty books too,
I wonder what will Billy Graham do.

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Manfred Mann's Earth Band has released many songs over the years besides Resurrection. Manfred Mann's Earth Band released songs from 1972 to 2004 spanning across albums like Glorified Magnified, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, Messin', Solar Fire, The Good Earth, Nightingales & Bombers, The Roaring Silence, Watch, Angel Station, Chance, Somewhere In Afrika, Criminal Tango, Masque, Soft Vengeance, and 2006. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

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The lyrics to Resurrection are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Resurrection are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Manfred Mann's Earth Band and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Resurrection back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Resurrection by Manfred Mann's Earth Band in a number of ways. 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 Resurrection" means the words set to the music of Resurrection, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Manfred Mann's Earth Band. 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 Resurrection and the lyrics to Resurrection are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Manfred Mann's Earth Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Resurrection, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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