That’s Where Jesus Is -2023 (Bedroom Demo #268)

That’s Where Jesus Is

words and music: Terry Scott Taylor

He’s not sittin’ up in the Whitehouse

Not subject to your big debates

Keeps his hands completely off Wall Street

Don’t own stock, bonds, or real estate

He ain’t up droppin’ bombs on people

Or workin’ on a college degree

He tunes out all them radio blowhards

Can’t stand the networks and religious TV

Chorus:

That’s Jesus in the homeless faces

With the junkies in their living hell

That’s Jesus with the drunks and in the lonely places

The rest homes and prison cells

That’s where Jesus is

He don’t hug trees or kill ‘em

Or drive a particular car

Won ’t help you write a big hit song

Don’t care how good lookin’ you are

And Jesus won’t be votin’

He’s not your party crashin’ dog in this fight

Not a fan rootin’ for your home team

Don’t insure that your future is bright

That’s Jesus in the homeless faces

With the junkies in their living hell

That’s Jesus with the drunks and in the lonely places

The rest homes and prison cells

That’s where Jesus is

Where we ought to be

Here’s where Jesus works:

Inside you and me

With the folks with aids

And the suffering kids

That’s where Jesus hangs

That’s where Jesus is

On the corner ‘round the prostitutes

Is where he’ll probably show

He gets invited to church sometimes

And sometimes he don’t go

Don’t care nothin’ about your status

What you can or you can’t afford

Don’t care if you’re voted best actor

Not impressed with your big award

He’s not in a five star restaurant

Eatin’ a six course meal

He’s not over on some golf course

Discussin’ the oil deal

He wants or voice

That’s how he talks

He wants our feet

That’s how he walks

And he wants our faith

But that’s never enough

He wants our hearts

That’s how he loves

That’s Jesus in the homeless faces

With the junkies in their living hell

That’s Jesus in the tenement spaces

The rest homes and prison cells

That’s where Jesus is

That’s where Jesus is

That’s where Jesus is

That’s where Jesus is….

guitar and vocals: T.S. Taylor

note:

“Which of the two did the will of the father? The chief priest and elders

replied “The first one.” Jesus said to them “I assure you and most solemnly

say to you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes will get into heaven

before you.”

—Jesus Christ (AMP)

I’ve had a number of requests for this one. I’m more than happy to oblige. Since the song is fairly self-explanatory, I don’t have much to say here other than, when it was first released, “That’s Where Jesus Is” got some of the same kind of push-back from a few disgruntled Believers that “Breath Deep The Breath of God” received when the Lost Dogs released it. Still, most listeners loved TWJI and took it’s message to heart. I do think it ironic however that a song which alludes to the Pharisee’s self-righteous objection to Christ’s association with “prostitutes” (along with a bevy of other sinners), was being criticized for stating that Christ associated with prostitutes! You’d think that after almost two thousand years we would have finally gotten the Lord’s “It’s not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick” thing through our thick skulls. Obviously these weren't the only criticisms aimed at TWJI; it saddens me to say that there appears to be a number of us who actually believe that if Jesus were physically here on earth today he would be “….up droppin’ bombs on people”!