Would Jesus Be Welcome
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I picked up this mornings paper,
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tears of sorrow filled my eyes,
read where a church spends forty million,
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to rebuild and to modernize,
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the walls will be made of granite,
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imported marble on the floors,
there'll be lots of stained glass windows,
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the finest wood for all the doors.
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The church invited the mayor,
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and half the folks from city hall,
to take part in the dedication,
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of the church, that would stand so tall,
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it said, the local t.v. station,
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will cover the story that day,
but I wonder if they invited Jesus,
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or would he just get in their way.
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What I wanna know is what about Jesus,
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would he be welcomed there,
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if he came walking in with sandles,
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dressed in sackcloth, and long hair,
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won't you tell me about the sinner,
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hooked on drugs and alcohol,
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oh Lord, it makes me wonder,
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would he be welcomed there at all.
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I picked up this mornings paper,
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and tears of sorrow filled my eyes.