Good Caiaphas the council waits for you
The Pharisees and Priests are here for you
CAIAPHAS:
Ah gentlemen - you know why we are here
We've not much time and quite a problem here
CROWD (outside):
Hosanna! Superstar!...
ANNAS:
Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street!
A trick or two with lepers and the whole town's on its feet
ALL:
He is dangerous
CROWD (outside):
Jesus Christ Superstar - tell us that you're who they say you are
ALL:
He is dangerous
PRIEST 1:
That man is in town right now to whip up some support
PRIEST 2:
A rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort
ALL:
He is dangerous !
CROWD ( outside ):
Jesus Christ Superstar....
ALL:
He is dangerous!
PRIEST 2:
Look Caiaphas - they 're right outside our yard
PRIEST 1:
Quick Caiaphas - go call the Roman guard
CAIAPHAS:
No wait - we need a more permanent solution to our problem...
ANNAS:
What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth
Miracle wonderman - hero of fools?
PRIEST 2:
No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans
CAIAPHAS:
One thing I'll say for him - Jesus is cool
ANNAS:
We dare not leave him to his own devices
His half - witted fans will get out of control
PRIEST 1:
How can we stop him?
PRIEST 2:
His glamour increases
PRIEST 1:
By leaps every minute
PRIEST 2:
He's top of the poll
CAIAPHAS:
I see bad things arising - the crowd crown him king
Which the Romans would ban
I see blood and destruction,
our elimination because of one man
Blood and destruction because of one man
ALL:
Because, because, because of one man
CAIAPHAS:
Our elimination because of one man
ALL:
Because, because, because of one, 'cause of one, 'cause of one man
PRIEST 1:
What then to do about this Jesusmania?
ANNAS:
How do we deal with the carpenter king?
PRIEST 1:
Where do we start with a man who is bigger
PRIEST 2:
Than John was when John did his Baptism thing?
CAIAPHAS:
Fools! You have no perception!
The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!
We must crush him completely!
So like John before him, this Jesus must die
For the sake of the nation this Jesus must die
ALL:
Must die, must die, this Jesus must die
CAIAPHAS:
So like John before him, this Jesus must die
ALL:
Must die, must die, this Jesus must,
Jesus must, Jesus must die!
I first saw “Jesus Christ Superstar” on Broadway, my gosh it must have been close to 40 years ago, it doesn’t seem possible. Anyway, I thought then that it was remarkable that people who did not have religious beliefs could write and perform such a remarkable play. The words and actions were, mostly, spot on as how the Gospel could be explained in modern language. Much of the text was actually right from scriptures.
After I saw the movie I couldn’t get it out of my mind and had many of my friends go see it. My little sister cried at the end, she said she didn’t expect them to kill him. I said, “how else did you expect the story of Christ to end?”
Anyway, your post brought back a bunch of really good memories.
Hubby was listening to that just the other day!