Darrell Scott - Lazarus Dies Again lyrics

Rise up Lazarus, get out of that grave Rise and shine Lazarus, clean up and get a shave Martha is weeping, she's been gnashing her teeth Can't you hear her wailing, rise up and stop her grief The dogs are sniffing, the children are scared Now, Martha is laughing "brother you've been spared" She's cooking a goat, calling all her friends Oh rise up Lazarus and live again (again, again) Rise up, rise up He's a local celebrity they all buy him drinks He's an authority on d**h they ask him what he thinks Did you see my mother there? Or see a great white light? Did you fight with the devil on that eternal night? He goes on a lecture circuit Hosts his own T.V. show Has his pick of women wherever he goes He advises politicians, he dines with kings Gets a record deal and he starts to sing (and sing, and sing) Then Jesus gets in trouble and goes to trial Lazarus gets wind and lays low for a while The network pulls the plug, the record deal heads south He hides out in the cave behind Martha's house And they weep, they cry and moan for their friend All the lies the injustice and how he meets his end They cry for a while then he starts to grin "My God Martha, he's gonna rise again (again, again) After the burial they just move away Get an apartment in Cairo and live out their days He works on chariots and keeps his secret well hid And never talks about what Jesus did The years roll along, they both get on the pension And he often thinks of his former attention On the night he lay dying he calls out to his friend "Oh Jesus can you hear me?" Then Lazarus dies again