When I saw you in the garden of Gethsemanie Drunk when you realized the plan You fell into the arms of Mary Magdalene Stain of stigmata on your hands When the sky fell down on Calvary I saw the light shining in your eyes, yeah
'cause you and me baby We were born ten thousand years ago, yeah, Yeah now, and I know it sounds crazy, but we got Ten thousand more to go, yeah
And then we followed behind the sisters to La Hagera Saw Ramos kiss like a Judas on the wire When they cut his hair and they laid him out like Jesus I know October sixty-seven John Lennon lied Seargent Pepper could not help us, no When the flowers died, I realized, yeah
That you and me baby We were born ten thousand years ago, yeah Yeah now, and I know it sounds crazy, but we got ten thousand more to go, yeah Oh I don't hear it now, yeah
And in twenty-one twenty-nine we gonna meet in a cantina in Carletta I'm gonna put Bessie Smith on the jukebox all night long When the Spanish sun comes up on our empty cups I'm gonna take you dancin deep down into the dawn
And one bright mornin when we meet Saint peter, yeah I ain't gonna give a damn if he dont let us in
'cause you and me baby We were born ten thousand years ago, yeah Yeah now, And I know it sounds crazy,but we got ten thousand more to go, yeah
Robert Johnson knew your name Short for Billy Holiday Put the barricades in nineteen sixty eight 'cause you knew the man who shot JFK Lenin gonna love it Lord I heard the news Just the Basilicas fear the Jews There will be another curse on the passage of guilt Steve Lawrence sang the blues, yeah
You and me baby We were born ten thousand years ago, yeah Yeah now, And I know it sounds crazy, but we got ten thousand more to go I don't hear it now, yeah