Lazarus Dies Again lyrics

Rise up Lazarus, get out of that graveRise and shine Lazarus, clean up and get a shaveMartha is weeping, she's been gnashing her teethCan't you hear her wailing, rise up and stop her griefThe dogs are sniffing, the children are scaredNow, Martha is laughing "brother you've been spared"She's cooking a goat, calling all her friendsOh rise up Lazarus and live again (again, again)Rise up, rise upHe's a local celebrity they all buy him drinksHe's an authority on death they ask him what he thinksDid 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 circuitHosts his own T.V. showHas his pick of women wherever he goesHe advises politicians, he dines with kingsGets a record deal and he starts to sing (and sing, and sing)Then Jesus gets in trouble and goes to trialLazarus gets wind and lays low for a whileThe network pulls the plug, the record deal heads southHe hides out in the cave behind Martha's houseAnd
they weep, they cry and moan for their friendAll the lies the injustice and how he meets his endThey 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 awayGet an apartment in Cairo and live out their daysHe works on chariots and keeps his secret well hidAnd never talks about what Jesus didThe years roll along, they both get on the pensionAnd he often thinks of his former attentionOn the night he lay dying he calls out to his friend"Oh Jesus can you hear me?"Then Lazarus dies again