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Jesus Christ Superstar

Act 1

OVERTURE

HEAVEN ON THEIR MINDS

JUDAS

My mind is clearer now - at last all too well I can see where we all soon will 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 youYou really do believe

This talk of od is true

nd all the good you've done

"ill soon get swept away

You've begun to matter more

Than the things you say

#isten Jesus I don't like what I see

ll I ask is that you listen to me

nd 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

nd they'll hurt you when they find they're wrong

I remember when this whole thing began

$o talk of od then - we called you a man

nd believe me - my admiration for you hasn't died

%ut every word you say today

ets twisted round some other way

nd they'll hurt you if they think you've lied

$a&areth your famous son should have stayed a great unknown

#ike his father carving wood-he'd have made good

Tables chairs and oaken chests would have suited Jesus best

e'd have cause nobody harm-no-one alarm

#isten Jesus do you care for your race(

)on't you see we must keep in our place(

"e are occupied-have you forgotten how put down we are(

I am frightened by the crowd

*or we are getting much too loud

nd they'll crush us if we go too far



#isten Jesus to the warning I give

+lease remember that I want us to live

%ut it's sad to see our chances weakening with every hour

ll your followers are blind

Too much heaven on their minds

It was beautiful but now it's sour Yes it's all gone sour

WHAT'S THE BUZZ

Bethany, Friday night

AOST!ES

"hat's the bu&&( Tell me what's happening

JESUS

"hy should you want to know(

)on't you mind about the future, don't you try to think ahead

ave tomorrow for tomorrow, think about today instead

AOST!ES


JESUS

I could give you facts and figures - I could give you plans and forecasts

.ven tell you where I'm going

AOST!ES

"hen do we ride into Jerusalem(

JESUS

"hy should you want to know(

"hy are you obsessed with fighting times and fates you can't defy(

If you knew the path we're riding you'd understand it less than I

AOST!ES"hat's the bu&&( Tell me what's happening

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

#et me try to cool down your face a bit

JESUS

That feels nice, so nice

Mary that is good - "hile you prattle through your supper - where and when and who

and how

he alone has tried to give me what I need right here and now



AOST!ES


STRAN#E THIN# M"STI$"IN#

JUDAS

It seems to me a strange thing/ mystifying

That a man like you can waste his time on women of her kind

SIMON

ey cool it man

JUDAS

Yes I can understand that she amuses

%ut to let her stroke you, kiss your hair, is hardly in your lineIt's not that I ob0ect to her profession

%ut she doesn't fit in well with what you teach and say

It doesn't help us if you're inconsistent

They only need a small e1cuse to put us all away

JESUS

"ho are you to criticise her( "ho are you to despise her(

#eave her, leave her, let her be now #eave 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 ama&ed that men like you can be so shallow thick and slow

There is not a man among you who knows or cares if I come or go

A!! 2save J3)4

$o you're wrong! You're very wrong! ow can you say that(

JESUS

$ot one-not one of you!

THEN WE ARE DECIDED

CAIAHAS

"e've been sitting on the fence for far too long

ANNAS

"hy let him upset us

5aiaphas let him be

ll those imbeciles will see

e really doesn't matter



CAIAHAS

Jesus is important

"e've let him go his way before

nd while he starts a ma0or war

"e theorise and chatter

ANNAS

e's 0ust another scripture thumping

ack from alilee

CAIAHAS

The difference is they call him 6ing

The difference frightens me

"hat about the 7omans(

"hen they see 6ing Jesus 5rowned

)o you think they'll stand around5heering and applauding(

"hat about our people(

If they see we've lost our nerve

)on't you think that they deserve

omething more rewarding(

ANNAS

They've got what they want

They think so anyway

If he's what they want

"hy take their toy away(

e's a cra&e

CAIAHAS

+ut yourself in my place

I can hardly step aside

5annot let my hands be tied

I am law and order

"hat about our priesthood)on't you see that we could fall(

If we are to last at all

"e cannot be divided

ANNAS

Then say so to the council

%ut don't rely on subtlety

*righten them or they won't see

CAIAHAS

Then we are decided(



ANNAS

Then we are decided

EVER"THIN#'S A!RI#HT

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to

+roblems that upset you oh don't you know

.verything's alright yes everything's fine

nd we want you to sleep well tonight

#et the world turn without you tonight

If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight

AOST!ES' WOMEN

.verything's alright yes everything's alright yes

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

leep and I shall soothe you, calm you and anoint you

Myrrh for your hot forehead oh then you'll feel

.verything's alright yes everthing's fine

nd it's cool and the ointment's sweet

*or the fire in your head and feet

5lose your eyes close your eyes

nd rela1 think of nothing tonight

AOST!ES' WOMEN


JUDAS

"oman your fine ointment-brand new and e1pensive

5ould have been saved for the poor

"hy has it been wasted( "e could have raised maybe

Three hundred silver pieces or more

+eople who are hungry, people who are starving

Matter more than your feet and hair

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

Try not to get worried, try not to turn on to



nd we want you to sleep well tonight

#et the world turn without you tonight

If we try we'll get by so forget all about us tonight

AOST!ES' WOMEN




JESUS

urely you're not saying we have the resources

To save the poor from their lot(

There will be poor always, pathetically struggling - #ook at the good things you've got!

Think! while you still have me

Move! while you still see meYou'll be lost and you'll be so sorry when I'm gone

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

leep and I shall soothe you, calm you and anoint you

Myrrh for your hot forehead oh then you'll feel


nd it's cool and the ointment's sweet

*or the fire in your head and feet

5lose your eyes close your eyes

nd rela1 think of nothing tonight

5lose your eyes close your eyes and rela1

A!!


THIS JESUS MUST DIE

Jerusalem, Sunday

RIEST 1

ood 5aiaphas the council waits for you The +harisees and priests are here for you

CAIAHAS

h gentlemen-you know why we are here "e've not much time and 8uite a problem

here

MOB %utsi&e

osannal uperstarl

ANNAS#isten to that howling mob of blockheads in the street! trick or two with lepers and

the whole town's on its feet

A!!

e is dangerous

MOB %utsi&e

Jesus 5hrist uperstar - tell us that you're who they say you are

A!!

e is dangerous



RIEST

The man is in town right now to whip up some support

RIEST (

rabble rousing mission that I think we must abort

A!!

e is dangerous!

MOB %utsi&e

Jesus 5hrist uperstar!

A!!

e is dangerous!

RIEST

#ook 5aiaphas - they're right outside our yard

RIEST (

9uick 5aiaphas go call the 7oman guard

CAIAHAS

$o wait - we need a more permanent solution to our problem

ANNAS

"hat then to do about Jesus of $a&areth Miracle wonderman - hero of fools(

RIEST (

$o riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans

CAIAHAS

:ne thing I'll say for him - Jesus is cool

ANNAS

"e dare not leave him to his own devices is half-witted fans will get out of control

RIEST (

%ut how can we stop him( is glamour increases %y leaps every minute, he's top of the poll

CAIAHAS

I see bad things arising - the crowd crown him king

"hich the 7omans would ban

I see blood and destruction, our elimination because of one man

%lood and destruction because of one man

A!!

%ecause, because, because of one man



CAIAHAS

:ur elimination because of one man

A!!

%ecause, because, because of one, 'cause of one, cause of one, man

RIEST (

"hat then to do about this Jesusmania(

ANNAS

ow do we deal with the carpenter king(

RIEST (

"here do we start with a man who is bigger than John was when John did his %aptism

thing(

CAIAHAS*ools! You have no perception!

The stakes we are gambling are frighteningly high!

"e must crush him completely - o like John before him, this Jesus must die

*or the sake of the nation this Jesus must die

A!!

Must die, must die, this Jesus must die

CAIAHAS

o like John before him, this Jesus must die

A!!

Must die, must die, this Jesus must/ Jesus must, Jesus must die!

HOSANNA

CROWD

osanna eysanna anna anna o

anna ey anna o annaey J5, J5 won't you smile at me(

anna o anna ey uperstar

CAIAHAS

Tell the rabble to be 8uiet 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

osanna eysanna anna anna oanna ey anna o anna



ey J5, J5 you're alright by me


JESUS

"hy waste your breath moaning at the crowd(

$othing can be done to stop the shoutingIf every tongue was still the noise would still continue

The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing

CROWD )*ith JESUS+


anna ey anna o anna

ey J5, J5 won't you fight for me(


JESUS

ing me your songs but not for me aloneing out for yourselves for you are blessed

There is not one of you that cannot win the 6ingdom

The slow the suffering the 8uick the dead

CROWD


anna ey anna o anna

ey J5 J5 won't you die for me(


SIMON ZEA!OTES

CROWD

5hrist you know I love you

)id you see I waved(

I believe in you and od

o tell me that I'm saved


)id you see I waved(I believe in you and od


Jesus I am with you

Touch me touch me Jesus

Jesus I am on your side

6iss me kiss me Jesus

SIMON ZEA!OTES

5hrist, what more do you need to convince you

That you've made it and you're easily as strong

s the filth from 7ome who rape our countrynd who've terrorised our people for so long(



CROWD


)id you see I waved(



5hrist you know I love you)id you see I waved(



Jesus I am with you

Touch me touch me Jesus

Jesus! I am on your side

6iss me kiss me Jesus

SIMON ZEA!OTES

There must be over fifty thousand

creaming love and more for you.veryone of fifty thousand

"ould do whatever you ask him to

6eep them yelling their devotion

%ut add a touch of hate at 7ome

You will rise to a greater power

"e will win ourselves a home

You'll get the power and the glory

*or ever and ever and ever

men! men!

OOR JERUSA!EM

JESUS

$either you imon, nor the fifty thousand

$or the 7omans, nor the Jews, nor Judas nor the Twelve,

$or the +riests, nor the cribes

$or doomed Jerusalem itself,

3nderstand what power is

3nderstand what glory is3nderstand at all understand at all

If you knew all that I knew, my poor Jerusalem

You'd see the truth, but you close your eyes

%ut you close your eyes

"hile you live your troubles are many, poor Jerusalem

To con8uer death you only have to die

You only have to die

I!ATE'S DREAM



Pontius Pilate's house, Monday

I!ATE I dreamed I met a alilean

most ama&ing man

e had that look you very rarely find

The haunting hunted kindI asked him to say what had happened

ow it all began

I asked again - he never said a word

s if he hadn't heard

nd ne1t the room was full of 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

5rying for this man

nd then I heard them mentioning my namend leaving me the blame

THE TEM!E 2contains both sets of lyrics4

MONE"!ENDERS AND MERCHANTS

7oll on up Jerusalem

5ome on in Jerusalem

unday here we go again

#ive in me Jerusalem

ere you live Jerusalem

ere you breath Jerusalem

"hile your temple still survives

You at least are still alive

I've got things you won't believe

$ame your pleasure - I will sell

I can fi1 your wildest needs

I've got heaven - I've got hell

"hat you see is what you get

$o-one's been disappointed yet

)on't be scared give me a try

There is nothing you can't buy

7oll on up - for my price is down

5ome on in - for the best in town

Take your pick of the finest wine

#ay your bets on this bird of mine

7oll on up - for my price is down

5ome on in - for the best in townTake your pick of the finest wine



#ay your bets on this bird of mine

$ame your price I got everything

5ome and buy it's all going fast

%orrow cash on the finest terms

urry now while stocks still last

JESUS

My temple should be a house of prayer

%ut you have made it a den of thieves

et out! et out!

My time is almost through

#ittle left to do

fter all I've tried for three years, seems like thirty

eems like thirty

!EERS

ee my eyes I can hardly seeee me stand I can hardly walk

I believe you can make me whole

ee my tongue I can hardly talk

ee my skin I'm a mass of blood

ee my legs I can hardly stand

I believe you can make me well

ee my purse I'm a poor poor man

"ill you touch will you mend me 5hrist

"on't you touch will you heal me 5hrist

"ill you kiss you can cure me 5hrist

"on't you kiss won't you pay me 5hrist

JESUS

There's too many of you - don't push me

There's too little of me - don't crowd me

eal yourselves!

EVER"THIN#'S A!RI#HT

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

Try not to get worried try not to turn on to



JESUS

nd I think I shall sleep well tonight; #et the world turn without me tonight

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

5lose your eyes close your eyes nd forget all about us tonight



I DON'T ,NOW HOW TO !OVE HIM

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

I don't know how to love him

"hat to do how to move him

I've been changed yes really changedIn 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

e's a man he's 0ust a man

nd I've had so many men before

In very many ways e's 0ust one more

hould I bring him down should I scream and shout

hould I speak of love let my feelings outI never thought I'd come to this-what's it all about

)on't you think it's rather funny

I should be in this position

I'm the one who's always been

o calm so cool, no lover's fool

7unning every show

e scares me so

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 couldn't cope 0ust couldn't cope

I'd turn my head I'd back away

I wouldn't want to know

e scares me so

I want him so

I love him so

DAMNED $OR A!! TIME

Tuesday

JUDAS

$ow if I help you it matters that you see

These sordid kind of things are coming hard to me

It's taken me some time to work out what to do

I weighed the whole thing up 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

)amned for all time

I came because I had to I'm the one who saw

Jesus can't control it like he did before

nd furthermore I know that Jesus thinks so tooJesus wouldn't mind that I was 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

)amned for all time

nnas you're a friend a worldly man and wise

5aiaphas my friend I know you sympathise

"hy are we the prophets( "hy are we the ones(

"ho see the sad solution - know what must be done

I have no thought at all about my own rewardI really didn't come here of my own accord

Just don't say I'm

)amned for all time

ANNAS

5ut the protesting forget the e1cuses

"e want information get up off the floor

CAIAHAS

"e 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

CAIAHAS

"e'll pay you in silver cash on the nail

"e 0ust need to know where the soldiers can find him

ANNAS

"ith no crowd around him

CAIAHAS

Then we can't fail

B!OOD MONE"

JUDAS

I don't want your blood money!

CAIAHAS

:h that doesn't matter our e1penses are good



JUDAS

I don't want need blood money!

ANNAS

%ut you might as well take it - we think that you should

CAIAHAS

Think of the things you can do with that money

5hoose any charity - give to the poor

"e've noted your motives - we've noted your feelings

This isn't blood money - it's a fee nothing

*ee nothing, fee nothing more;

JUDAS

:n Thursday night you'll find him where you want him

*ar from the crowds in the arden of ethsemane

CHOIR

"ell done Judas

ood old Judas

Act

THE !AST SUER

Thursday night, The Last Supper

AOST!ES

#ook at all my trials and tribulations

inking in a gentle pool of wine

)on't disturb me now I can see the answersTill this evening is this morning life is fine

lways hoped that I'd be an apostle

6new that I would make it if I tried

Then when we retire we can write the gospels

o they'll talk about us when we've died

JESUS

The end

Is 0ust a little harder when brought about by friends

*or all you care this wine could be my blood

*or all you care this bread could be my bodyThe end!



This is my blood you drink

This is my body you eat

If you remember me when you eat and drink;

I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered - yes

I must be out of my head!

#ook at your blank faces! My name will mean nothingTen minutes after I'm dead!

:ne of you denies me

:ne of you betrays me-

AOST!ES

$ot I! "ho would( Impossible!

JESUS

+eter will deny me in 0ust a few hours

Three times will deny me-and that's not all I see

:ne of you here dining, one of my twelve chosen"ill leave to betray me

JUDAS

5ut out the dramatics! You know very well who

JESUS

"hy don't you go do it(

JUDAS

You want me to do it!

JESUS

urry they are waiting

JUDAS

If you knew why I do it

JESUS

I don't care why you do it!

JUDASTo think I admired you *or now I despise you

JESUS

You liar - you Judas

JUDAS

You want me to do it!

"hat if I 0ust stayed here

nd ruined your ambition(

5hrist you deserve it!



JESUS

urry you fool, hurry and go,

ave me your speeches, I don't want to know - o!

AOST!ES

#ook at all my trials and tribulationsinking in a gentle pool of wine

"hat's that in the bread it's gone to my head

Till this morning is this evening life is fine


6new that I would make it if I tried

Then when we retire we can write the gospels

o they'll all talk about us when we've died

JUDAS

You sad pathetic man - see where you've brought us to

:ur ideals die around us all because of yound now the saddest cut of all -omeone has to turn you in

#ike a common criminal, like a wounded animal

0aded mandarin

0aded mandarin

0aded faded mandarin

JESUS

et out! They're waiting! They're waiting for you!

JUDAS

.verytime I look at you I don't understand,

"hy you let the things you did get so out of hand

You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned

AOST!ES

#ook at all my trials and tribulations

inking in a gentle pool of wine

)on't disturb me now I can see the answers

Till this evening is this morning life is fine


6new that I would make it if I triedThen when we retire we can write the gospels

o they'll still talk about us when we've died

JESUS

"ill no-one stay awake with me(

+eter( John( James(

"ill none of you wait with me(

+eter( John( James(

#ETHSEMANE 2I only want to say4



In the Garden of Gethsemane

JESUS

I only want to say

If there is a way

Take this cup away from me for I don't want to taste its poison*eel it burn me, I have changed I'm not as sure

s when we started

Then I was inspired

$ow I'm sad and tired

#isten surely I've e1ceeded e1pectations

Tried for three years seems like thirty

5ould you ask as much from any other man(

%ut if I die

ee the saga through and do the things you ask of me

#et them hate me hit me hurt me nail me to their treeI'd wanna know I'd wanna know my od

I'd wanna see I'd wanna see my od

"hy I should die

"ould I be more noticed than I was ever before(

"ould the things I've said and done matter any more(

I'd have to know I'd have to know my #ord

I'd have to see I'd have to see my #ord

If I die what will be my reward(

I'd have to know I'd have to know my #ord

"hy should I die(

5an you show me now that I would not be killed in vain(

how me 0ust a little of your omnipresent brain

how me there's a reason for your wanting me to die

You're far too keen on where and how and not so hot on why

lright I'll die!

Just watch me die!

ee how I die!

Then I was inspired $ow I'm sad and tired

fter all I've tried for three years seems like ninety

"hy then am I scared to finish what I started

"hat you started - I didn't start it

od thy will is hard

%ut you hold every card

I will drink your cup of poison, nail me to the cross and break me

%leed me beat me kill me take me now - before I change my mind

THE ARREST



JUDAS

There he is! They're all asleep - the fools!

JESUS

Judas - must you betray me with a kiss(

ETER


ETER AND AOST!ES


ang on #ord we're gonna fight for you

JESUS

+ut away your sword

)on't you know that it's all over(

It was nice but now it's gone"hy are you obsessed with fighting(

tick to fishing from now on

CROWD

Tell me 5hrist how you feel tonight

)o you plan to put up a fight(

)o you feel that you've had the breaks(

"hat would you say were your big mistakes(

)o you think that you may retire(

)id you think you would get much higher(

ow do you view your coming trial(

ave your men proved at all worthwhile(

5ome with us to see 5aiaphas

You'll 0ust love the igh +riest's house

You'll 0ust love seeing 5aiaphas

You'll 0ust die in the igh +riest's house

5ome on od this is not like you

#et us know what you're gonna do

You know what your supporters feel

You'll escape in the final reel

Tell me 5hrist how you feel tonight

)o you plan to put up a fight(

)o you feel that you've had the breaks(

"hat would you say were your big mistakes(

5ome with us to see 5aiaphas

You'll 0ust love the igh +riests' house

You'll 0ust love seeing 5aiaphas

You'll 0ust die in the igh +riest's house

$ow we have him ! $ow we have got him!



CAIAHAS

Jesus you must realise the serious charges facing you

You say you're the on of od in all your handouts - well is it true

JESUS

That's what you say - you say that I am

ANNAS

There you have it gentlemen - what more evidence do we need(

Judas thank you for the victim - stay a while and you'll see it bleed!

CROWD

$ow we have him I $ow we have got him Take him to +ilate

ETER'S DENIA!

MAID B" THE $IRE

I think I've seen you somewhere - I remember

You were with that man they took away I recognise your face

ETER

You've got the wrong man lady I don't know him

nd I wasn't where he was tonight - never near the place

SO!DIER

That's strange for I am sure I saw you with him

You were right by his side and yet you denied

ETER

I tell you I was never ever with him

O!D MAN

%ut I saw you too - it looked 0ust like you

ETER

I don't know him

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

+eter - don't you know what you have said

You've gone and cut him dead

ETER

I had to do it don't you see(

:r else they'd go for me

MAR" MA#DA!ENE

It's what he told us you would do - I wonder how he knew<;



Friday

I!ATE AND CHRIST

I!ATE

"ho is this broken man cluttering up my hallway( "ho is this unfortunate(

SO!DIER

omeone 5hrist - 6ing of the Jews

I!ATE

:h so this is Jesus 5hrist, I am really 8uite surprised

You look so small - not a king at all

"e all know that you are news-but are you king( 6ing of the Jews(

JESUS

That's what you say

I!ATE

"hat do you mean by that(

That is not an answer

You're deep in trouble friend - omeone 5hrist - 6ing of the Jews

ow can someone in your state be so cool about your fate(

n ama&ing thing - this silent king

ince you come from alilee then you need not come to me

You're erod's race! You're erod's case!

MOB

o-ho anna ey anna anna anna o

anna ey anna o and how

ey J5, J5 please e1plain to me

You had everything where is it now(

,IN# HEROD'S SON#

HEROD

Jesus I am over0oyed to meet you face to face

You've been getting 8uite a name all around the place

ealing cripples raising from the dead

nd now I understand you're od at least that's what you've said

o you are the 5hrist you're the great Jesus 5hrist

+rove to me that you're divine - change my water into wine

That's all you need do and I'll know it's all true

5'mon 6ing of the Jews



Jesus you 0ust won't believe the hit you've made round here

You are all we talk about the wonder of the year

:h what a pity if it's all a lie

till I'm sure that you can rock the cynics if you try

o you are the 5hrist you're the great Jesus 5hrist

+rove to me that you're no fool walk across my swimming poolIf you do that for me then I'll let you go free

5'mon 6ing of the Jews

I only ask things I'd ask any superstar

"hat is it that you have got that puts you where you are(

I am waiting yes I'm a captive fan

I am dying to be shown that you are not 0ust any man

o if you are the 5hrist yes the great Jesus 5hrist

*eed my household with this bread - you can do it on your head

:r has something gone wrong( "hy do you take so long(5'mon 6ing of the Jews

ey! ren't you scared of me 5hrist( Mr, "onderful 5hrist!

You're a 0oke you're not the #ord - you are nothing but a fraud

Take him away - he's got nothing to say!

et out you 6ing of the Jews! et out of my life

COU!D WE START A#AIN !EASE

MAR"

I've been living to see you

)ying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this

This was une1pected

"hat do I do now(

5ould we start again please(

I'd been very hopeful so far

$ow for the first time I think we're going wrong

urry up and tell meThis is 0ust a dream or


ETER

I think you've made your point now

You've even gone a bit too far to get the message home

%efore it gets too frightening

"e ought to call a halt so


A!!I've been living to see you



)ying to see you, but it shouldn't be like this

This was une1pected

"hat do I do now(


I think you've made your point nowYou've even gone a bit too far to get the message home

%efore it gets too frightening

"e ought to call a halt so





5ould we start again(

JUDAS' DEATH

JUDAS

My od! I saw him - he looked three-8uarters dead!

nd he was so bad I had to turn my head

You beat him so hard that he was bent and lame

nd I know who everybody's gonna blame

I don't believe he knows I acted for our good

I'd save him all this suffering if I could

)on't believe;; ; our good ; ; save him ;;; if I could

RIEST (

5ut the confessions forget the e1cuses

I don't understand why you're filled with remorse

ll that you've said has come true with a vengeance

The mob turned against him - you backed the right horse

CAIAHAS

"hat you have done will be the saving of Israel

You'll be remembered forever for this

nd not only that you've been paid for your efforts+retty good wages for one little kiss

JUDAS

5hrist! I know you can't hear me

%ut I only did what you wanted me to

5hrist! I'd sell out the nation

*or I have been saddled with the murder of you

I have been spattered with innocent blood

I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud

I have been spattered with innocent blood

I shall be dragged through the slime and the mud!I don't know how to love him



I don't know why he moves me

e's a man - he's 0ust a man

e's not a king - he's 0ust the same

s anyone I know

e scares me so

"hen he's cold and dead will he let me be()oes he love me too( )oes he care for me(

My mind is darkness now

My od I am sick I've been used

nd you knew all the time

od! I'll never ever know why you chose me for your crime

*or your foul bloody crime

You have murdered me! You have murdered me!

CHOIR

+oor old Judas

o long Judas

TRIA! BE$ORE I!ATE

(inluding !" lashes#

I!ATE

nd so the 6ing is once again my guest

nd why is this( "as erod unimpressed(

CAIAHAS

"e turn to 7ome to sentence $a&areth

"e have no law to put a man to death

"e need him crucified - it's all you have to do


I!ATE

Talk to me Jesus 5hrist

You have been brought here - manacled, beaten

%y your own people - do you have the first idea why you deserve it(

#isten, 6ing of the Jews

"here is your 6ingdom(

#ook at me - am I a Jew(

JESUS

I have got no 6ingdom in this world - I'm through, through, through

MOB




JESUS

There may be a 6ingdom for me somewhere - if I only knew

I!ATE

Then you're a king(

JESUS

It's you that say I am

I look for truth and find that I get damned

I!ATE

%ut what is truth( Is truth unchanging law(

"e both have truths-are mine the same as yours(

MOB

5rucify him! 5rucify him!

I!ATE

"hat do you mean( You'd crucify your 6ing(

MOB

"e have no 6ing but 5aesar!

I!ATE

e's done no wrong - no not the slightest thing

MOB

"e have no 6ing but 5aesar! 5rucify him!

I!ATE

"ell this is new - respect for 5aesar -Till now this has been noticeably lacking

"ho is this Jesus( "hy is he different(

You Jews produce Messiahs by the sackful

MOB


"e need him crucified-it's all you have to do

I!ATE


#ook at your Jesus 5hrist

I'll agree he's mad - ought to be locked up

%ut that is not a reason to destroy him

e's a sad little man

$ot a 6ing or od

$ot a thief - I need a crime

MOB

6ill him he says he's od - a blasphemer e'll con8uer you and us and even 5aesar



5rucify him!

5rucify him!

I!ATE

%ehold the man

%ehold your shattered 6ing

MOB

"e have no 6ing but 5aesar

I!ATE

You hypocrites

You hate us more than him

MOB

"e have no 6ing but 5aesar 5rucify him!

I!ATE

I see no reason - I find no evil

This man is harmless, so why does he upset you(

e's 0ust misguided - thinks he's important

%ut to keep you vultures happy, I shall flog him

MOB


5rucify! 5rucify! 5rucify! 5rucify!





(Thirty nine lashes#

I!ATE

"here are you from Jesus( "hat do you want Jesus( Tell me

You've got to be careful - you could be dead soon - could well be

"hy do you not speak when I have your life in my hands(

ow can you stay 8uiet( I don't believe you understand

JESUS

You have nothing in your hands

ny power you have comes to you from far beyond

.verything is fi1ed and you can't change it

I!ATE

You're a fool Jesus 5hrist - how can I help you(

MOB

+ilate! 5rucify him! 5rucify!7emember 5aesar - you have a duty



To keep the peace so crucify him!

7emember 5aesar - you'll be demoted

You'll be deported 5rucify him!

7emember 5aesar - you have a duty


7emember 5aesar - you'll be demotedYou'll be deported 5rucify him!

7emember 5aesar - you have a duty


7emember 5aesar - you'll be demoted

You'll be deported 5rucify him!

I!ATE

)on't let me stop your great self-destruction

)ie if you want to you misguided martyr

I wash my hands of your demolition

)ie if you want to you innocent puppet!

SUERSTAR

VOICE O$ JUDAS

.verytime I look at you I don't understand

"hy you let the things you did get so out of hand

You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned

"hy'd you choose such a backward time and such a strange land(

If you'd come today you would have reached a whole nation

Israel in = %5 had no mass communication

)on't you get me wrong - I only want to know

CHOIR

Jesus 5hrist, Jesus 5hrist

"ho are you( "hat have you sacrificed(

Jesus 5hrist uperstar

)o you think you're what they say you are(

VOICE O$ JUDASTell me what you think of your friends at the top

"ho d'you think besides yourself's the pick of the crop(

%uddah was he where it's at( Is he where you are(

5ould Mahomet move a mountain or was that 0ust +7(

)id you mean to die like that( "as that a mistake or

)id you know your messy death would be a record-breaker(

)on't you get me wrong - I only want to know

CHOIR

Jesus 5hrist, Jesus 5hrist

"ho are you( "hat have you sacrificed(



Jesus 5hrist uperstar

)o you think you're what they say you are(

THE CRUCI$I-ION

JESUS

od forgive them - they don't know what they're doing

"ho is my mother( "here is my mother(

My od My od why have you forgotten me(

I am thirsty

It is finished

*ather into your hands I commend my spirit

JOHN NINETEEN $ORT".ONE

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