[JESUS]
When you feel sad, or under a curse
Your life is bad, your prospects are worse
Your wife is sighing, crying
And your olive tree is dying
Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying
And creditors weighing your purse…
Your mood and your robe
Are both a deep blue
You'd bet that Job
Had nothin' on you
Don't forget that when you get to
Heaven you'll be blessed
Yes, it's all for the best!
[JUDAS]
Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please
Richer than the bees are in honey
Never growing old, never feeling cold
Pulling pots of gold from thin air
The best in every town, best at shaking down
Best at making mountains of money
They can't take it with them, but what do they care?
They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat
Houses on the street where it's sunny
Summers by the sea, winters warm and free
All of this and we get the rest
But who is the land for? The sun and the sand for?
You guessed! It's all for the best!
[sung in counterpoint]
JESUS: When you feel sad
JUDAS: Some men are born to live at ease, doing what they please
JESUS: Or under a curse
JUDAS: Richer than the bees are in honey
JESUS: Your life is bad
JUDAS: Never growing old, never feeling cold
JESUS: your prospects are worse
JUDAS: Pulling pots of gold from thin air
JESUS: Your wife is crying, sighing
JUDAS: The best in every town, best at shaking down
JESUS: And your olive tree is dying
JUDAS: Best at making mountains of money
JESUS: Temples are graying, and teeth are decaying
JUDAS: They can't take it with them
JESUS: And creditors weighing your purse
JUDAS: But what do they care?
JESUS: Your mood and your robe
JUDAS: They get the center of the meat, cushions on the seat
JESUS: Are both a deep blue
JUDAS: Houses on the street where it's sunny...
JESUS: You'd bet that Job
JUDAS: Summers by the sea, winters warm and free
JESUS: Had nothin' on you
JUDAS: All of this and we get the rest...
JESUS: Don't forget that when you get
JUDAS: But who is the land for?
JESUS: To Heaven you'll be blessed
JUDAS: The sun and the sand for?
JESUS: Yes, it's all for the best!
JUDAS: You guessed! It's all for the best!
[Spoken]
Jesus: Now, how can you look at a speck of sawdust in your brother's eye when all the time there's a great plank in your own?
Judas: I don't know, how can you look at a speck of sawdust in your brother's eye when all the time there's a great plank in your own?
Jesus: Or, how can you take the speck of sawdust out of your brother's eye when all the time there's a great plank in your own?
Judas: I don't know, how can you take a speck of sawdust out of your brother's eye when all the time there's a great plank in your own?
Jesus: You hypocrite! First, you take the plank out of your own eye so you can see clearly enough to take the speck of sawdust out of your brother's
Judas: That's no answer to the question!
Jesus: Well, did I promise you an answer to the question? Haha!
[sung
[Chorus]
[Repeats counterpoint verses]
[JESUS]
You must never be distressed!
[Chorus]
Yes, it's all for the—
[JESUS]
All your wrongs will be redressed!
[Chorus]
Yes, it's all for the....
[JUDAS]
Someone's got to be oppressed!
[ALL]
Yes, it's all for the best!!!