1. _ Jesus Must Die
[Priest 1]
Good Ciaphus. The counsel waits for you.
The pharisees and priests are here for you.
[Ciaphus]
Ah, gentlemen. You know why we are here.
We've not much time and quite a problem here.
[Crowd Outside]
Hosanah, Superstar!
Hosanah, Superstar!
Hosanah, Superstar!
Hosanah, Superstar!
[Annas]
Listen to that howling mob of
blockheads in the street.
A trick, or two, with lepars and the whole
town's on its feet
[Ciaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous
[Crowd Outside]
Jesus Christ, Superstar.
[Ciaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous
Tell us that you're what they say you are.
[Priest 2]
That man is in town right now to whip up
some support.
[Priest 3]
A rabble rousing mission that I think we
must abort
[Ciaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous
[Crowd Outside]
Jesus Christ, Superstar.
[Ciaphus, Annas, and Priests]
He is Dangerous
[Priest 2]
Look, Ciaphus, they're right outside our yard.
[Priest 3]
Quick, Ciaphus, go call the Roman guard.
[Ciaphus]
No, wait.
We need a more permanent solution to our
problem.
[Annas]
What can we do about Jesus of Nazareth.
Miracle wonder man, hero of fools.
[Priest 2]
No fighting, no riots, no chanting, no slogans
[Ciaphus]
One thing I'll say for him, Jesus is cool.
[Annas]
We dare not leave him to his on devices.
His half-witted fans will get out of control.
[Priest 3]
But how do we stop him?
His glamour increases by leaps every minute.
He's top of the poll.
[Ciaphus]
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.
[Annas and Priests]
Because, because, because of one man.
[Ciaphus]
Our elimination, because of one man.
[Annas and Priests]
Because, because, because of one man.
[Annas]
What then to do about this Jesus mania?
How do we deal with this 'Carpenter King'?
[Priest 3]
Where do we start with a man who is bigger
Then John was when John did is baptism thing?
[Ciaphus]
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.
[Annas and Priests]
Must die, Must die, this Jesus must die.
[Ciaphus]
So, like John before him, this Jesus must die.
[Annas and Priests]
Must die, Must die,
this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die.
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2. _ The Temple
[Crowd and Profiteers]
Roll on up for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Roll on up for my price is down
Come on in for the best in town
Take your pick of the finest wine
Lay your bets on this bird of mine
Name your price I've got everything.
Come and buy. It's all going fast.
Borrow cash on the finest terms.
Hurry now while the while the stocks still last
(Repeat 4x)
[Jesus]
My temple should be a house of prayer,
But you have made it a den of thieves.
GET OUT! Get out.
My time is almost through.
Little left to do.
After all I've tried for three years.
Seems like thirty. Seems like thirty...
[Solos from crowd]
See my eyes, I can hardly see.
See me stand, I can hardly walk.
I believe you, can make me whole.
See my tongue, I can hardly talk.
See my skin I'm a mass of blood.
See my legs, I can hardly stand.
I believe you can make me well.
See my purse, I'm a poor poor man.
[Crowd]
Will you touch, will you mend me, Christ?
Won't you touch, will you heal me, Christ?
Will you kiss? You can cure me, Christ!
Won't you kiss, won't you pay me, Christ?
See my eyes, I can hardly see.
See me stand, I can hardly walk.
I believe you, can make me whole.
See my tongue, I can hardly talk.
See my skin I'm a mass of blood.
See my legs, I can hardly stand.
I believe you can make me well.
See my purse, I'm a poor poor man.
(Repeat 3x)
Will you touch, will you mend me, Christ?
Won't you touch, will you heal me, Christ?
Will you kiss? You can cure me, Christ!
Won't you kiss, won't you pay me, Christ?
[Jesus mixed in with crowd]
Too, many of you
Don't push me
There's too little of me
Don't Crowd me
[Jesus after crowd finishes]
Heal yourselves!
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3. _ What's The Buzz?
Apostles:
What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening
Jesus:
Why sould you want to know?
Don't you mind about the future, don't you try
to think ahead
Save tomorrow for tomorrow, think about today instead
Apostles:
What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening
Jesus:
I could give you facts and figures - I could give you plans
and forecasts
Even tell you where I'm going -
Apostles:
When do we ride into Jerusalem?
Jesus:
Why should you want to know?
Why are you obsessed with fighting times and fates
you can't defy?
If you knew the path we're riding you'd understand it liss than I
Apostles:
What's the Buzz? Tell me what's happening
Mary Magdalene:
Let me try to cool down your face a bit
Jesus:
That feels nice, so nice...
Mary that is good --
While you prattle through your supper - wher and when
and who and how
She alone has tried to give me what I need
right here and now
Apostles:
What's the buzz? Tell me what's happening?
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4. _ Hosannah!
[Crowd]
Hosannah, Hey Sannah
Sannah, sannah, hosannah,
Hey Sannah, Hosannah.
Hey J.C., J.C., won't you smile at me
Sannah, Hosannah, Hey, Superstar.
[Ciaphus]
Tell the rabble to be quiet
We anticipate a riot.
This common crowd is much too loud.
Tell the mob who sing your song
That they are fools, and they are wrong.
They are a curse. They should disperse.
[Crowd]
Hosannah, Hey Sannah
Sannah, sannah, hosannah,
Hey Sannah, Hosannah.
Hey J.C., J.C., you're alright by me
Sannah, Hosannah, Hey, Superstar.
[Jesus]
Why waste your breathe moaning at the crowd?
Nothing can be done to stop the shouting.
If every tounge was still, the noise would still
continue.
The rocks and stones, themselves, would start
to sing...
[Jesus and Crowd]
Hosannah, Hey Sannah
Sannah, sannah, hosannah,
Hey Sannah, Hosannah.
[Crowd]
Hey J.C., J.C., won't you fight for me
Sannah, Hosannah, Hey, Superstar.
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5. _ Pilate's Dream
[Pilate]
I dreamed I met a Galiliean.
A most amazing man.
He had that look you very rarely find.
The haunting, hunted kind.
I asked him to say what had happened.
How it all began. I asked again.
He never said a word. As if he hadn't heard.
And, next, the room was filled with wild and
angry men.
They seemed to hate this man.
They fell on him and then they disappeared
again.
Then I saw Thousands of Millions crying for this
man,
And then I heard them mentioning my name,
And leaving me the blame.
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6. _ Everything's All Right
[Mary Magdalene]
Try not to get worried
Try not to hold on to
Problems that upset you, oh
don't you know
Everything's All Right Now, Everything's fine
And we want you to sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without your tonight
If we try, we'll get by
So forget all about us tonight.
[Chorus]
Everything's All Right Now
Everything's All Right Now
[Mary Magdalene]
Sleep and I shall soothe you
Calm you and anoint you
Myrrh for your hot forehead, oh
Then you'll feel
Everything's All Right Now, Everything's fine
And it's cool, and the ointment's sweet
For the fire in your head and feet
Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax,
Think of nothing tonight.
[Chorus]
Everything's All Right Now
Everything's All Right Now
[Judas]
Woman, your fine ointment,
Brand new and expensive
Should have been saved for the poor
Why has it been wasted?
We could have raised, maybe,
Three Hundred silver pieces, or more.
People who are hungry,
People who are strving matter more
Than your feet and hair.
[Mary Magdalene]
Try not to get worried
Try not to hold on to
Problems that upset you, oh
don't you know
Everything's All Right Now, Everything's fine
And we want you to sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without your tonight
If we try, we'll get by
So forget all about us tonight.
[Chorus]
Everything's All Right Now
Everything's All Right Now
[Jesus]
Surely you're not saying
We have the resources
To save the poor from their lot.
There will be poor always
Pathetically struggling
Look at the good things you've got.
Think while you still have me,
Move while you still see me.
You'll be lost,
You'll be so so sorry
When I'm gone.
[Mary Magdalene]
Sleep and I shall soothe you
Calm you and anoint you
Myrrh for your hot forehead, oh
Then you'll feel
Everything's All Right Now, Everything's fine
And it's cool, and the ointment's sweet
For the fire in your head and feet
Close your eyes, Close your eyes and relax,
Think of nothing, tonight.
[Chorus]
Everything's All Right Now
Everything's All Right Now (Repeat)
[Mary Magdalene]
Close your eyes, Close your eyes and relax,
Think of nothing, tonight. (Repeat)
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7. _ Simon Zealotes/Poor Jerusalem
[Crowd]
Christ you know I love you.
Did you see I waved?
I believe in you, and god, so tell me that I'm
saved. (repeat)
Jesus I am with you.
Touch me. Touch me, Jesus.
Jesus I am on your side.
Kiss me. Kiss me, Jesus.
[Simon]
Christ, what more do you need to convince you
That you've made it and your easily as strong
As the filth from Rome who rape our country,
and who've terrorize our people for so long?
[Crowd]
Christ you know I love you.
Did you see I waved?
I believe in you, and god, so tell me that I'm
saved. (repeat)
Jesus I am with you.
Touch me. Touch me, Jesus.
Jesus I am on your side.
Kiss me. Kiss me, Jesus.
[Simon]
There must be over Fifty Thousand
Screaming love and more for you.
Every one of Fifty Thousand
Would do whatever you asked them to.
Keep them yelling their devotion,
But add a touch of hate at Rome.
You will rise to a greater power.
We will win ourselves a home.
Oh, you'll get the power and the glory.
Forever, and ever, and ever.
Oh, you'll get the power and the glory.
Forever, and ever, and ever.
Oh, you'll get the power and the glory.
[Crowd]
Forever, Amen!
[Simon]
Forever, and ever, and ever.
[Crowd]
Forever, Amen!
[Simon]
Oh, you'll get the power and the glory.
[Crowd]
Forever, Amen!
[Simon]
Forever, and ever, Amen!
[Crowd]
Forever, Amen!
[Jesus]
Neither you, Simon, nor the Fifty Thousand,
Nor the Romans, nor the Jews,
Nor Judas, nor the Twelve, nor the priests,
Nor the scribes, nor doomed Jerusalem, itself,
Understand what power is.
Understand what glory is.
Understand at all.
Understand at all.
If you knew all that I knew, my poor Jerusalem.
You'd see the truth, but you'd close your eyes.
But you'd close your eyes.
While you live your troubles are many,
poor Jerusalem.
To conquer death you only have to die.
You only have to die.
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8. _ Heaven On Their Minds
Judas:
My mind is clearer now - at last all too well
I can see where we all soon well be
If you strip away the myth from the man
you will see where we all soon will be
Jesus! You've started to believe
The things they say of you
Tou really do believe
This talk of God is true
And all the good you've done
Will soon get swept away
You've Begun to matter more
Than the things you say
Listen Jesus I don't like what I see
All I ask is that you listen to me
And remember - I've been your right hand man all along
You have set them all on fire
They think they've found the new Messiah
And they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong
I remember when this whole thing began
No talk of God then - we called you a man
And believe me - my admiration for you hasn't died
But every word you say today
Gets twisted round some other way
And they'll hurt you if they think you've lied
Nazareth your famous son should have stayed
a great unknown
Like hes father carving wood - he'd have made good
Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best
He'd have caused nobody harm - no-one alarm
Listen Jesus do you care for you race?
Don't you see we must keep in our place?
We are occupied - have you forgotten how put down we are?
I am frightened by the crowd
For we are getting much too loud
And they'll crush us if we go to far
Listen jesus to the warning I give
Please remember that I want us to live
But it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour
All you followers are blind
Too much heaven on their minds
It was beautiful but now it's sour
Yes it's all gone sour
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9. _ Damned for All Time/Blood Money
[Judas]
Now if I help you it matters that you see
These sordid kind of things are
Comming hard to me.
It's taken me some time to work out
what to do.
I weighed the whole thing out before I came
to you.
I have no thought at all about my own reward.
I really didn't come here of my own accord.
Just don't say I'm
Damned for all time.
I came because I had to. I'm the one who saw.
Jesus can't control it like he did before.
And furthermore I know that Jesus thinks so, too.
Jesus wouldn't mind that I am here with you.
I have no thought at all about my own reward.
I really didn't come here of my own accord.
Just don't say I'm
Damned for all time.
Annas your a friend, a worldly man, and wise.
Caiaphus, my friend, I know you sympathize.
But why are we the prophets?
Why are we the ones who see the sad solution,
Know what must be done?
I have no thought at all about my own reward.
I really didn't come here of my own accord.
Just don't say I'm
Damned
For all time.
[Annas]
Cut the protesting, forget the excuses.
We want informatin. Get up off the floor.
[Caiaphus]
We have the papers we need to arrest him.
You know his movements. We know the law.
[Annas]
Your help in this matter won't go unrewarded.
[Caiaphus]
We'll pay you in silver, cash on the nail.
We just need to know where the soldiers
can find him.
[Annas]
With no crowd around him.
[Caiaphus]
Then we can't fail.
[Judas]
I don't need your blood money.
[Caiaphus]
Oh, that doesn't matter. Our expenses are good.
[Judas]
I don't want your blood money.
[Annas]
But you might as well take it.
We think that you should.
[Caiaphus]
Think of the things you can do with that money.
Choose any charity, give to the poor.
We've noted your motives.
We've noted your feelings.
This isn't blood money, its a fee nothing...
fee nothing...
fee nothing more.
[Judas]
On Thursday night
You'll find him where you want him.
Far from the crowd, in the Garden of Gethsemane.
[Chorus]
Well done Judas.
Good old Judas.
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10. _ Strange Thing, Mystifying
[Judas]
It seems to me a strange thing, mystifying
That a man like you can waste his time
On women of her kind.
Now I can understand that she amuses,
But to let her stroke you, kiss your hair
That's hardly in your line.
It's not that I object to her profession,
But she doesn't fit in well
With what you teach and say
It doesn't help us if your inconsistent.
They only need a small excuse
To put us all away.
[Jesus]
Who are you to criticize her?
Who are you to despise her?
Leave her, leave her. Let her be now.
Leave her, leave her. She's with me now.
If your slate is clean, then you can throw stones.
If your slate is not, then leave her alone.
I'm amazed that men like you
Could be so shallow, thick, and slow.
There is not a man among you
Who knows, or cares, if I come or go.
[Apostle's and others]
No, your wrong. You're very wrong.
No, your wrong. You're very wrong.
No, your wrong. You're very wrong.
No, your wrong. You're very wrong.
How can you say that?
How can you say that?
How can you say that?
How can you say that?
[Jesus]
Not one, not one of you!
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11. _ I Don't Know How To Love Him
[Mary Magdalene]
Try not to get worried,
Try not to turn on to
Problems that upset you, oh
Don't you know
Everything's Alright, now
Everything's fine
[Jesus]
And I think I will sleep well tonight.
Let the world turn without me tonight.
[Mary Magdalene]
Close your eyes, close your eyes
Think of nothing tonight...
I don't know how to love him.
What to do, how to move him.
I've been changed.
Yes, really changed.
In these past few days
When I've seen myself.
I seem like someone else.
I don't know how to take this.
I don't see why he moves me.
He's a man. He's just a man.
And I've had so many men before.
In very many ways, he's just one more.
Should I bring him down?
Should I scream and shout?
Should I speak of love,
Let my feelings out?
I never thought I'd come to this.
What's it all about?
Don't you think it's rather funny,
That I should be in this position?
I'm the one who's always been
So calm, so cool. No lover's fool.
Running every show. He scares me so.
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[Mary Magdalene]
I never thought I'd come to this.
What's it all about?
Yet, if he said he loved me.
I'd be lost. I'd be frightened.
I could cope. Just couldn't cope.
I'd turn my head. I'd back away.
I wouldn't want to know.
He scares me so.
I want him so.
I love him so.
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