Jesus lived in a ramshackle shack
  with a fat New Orleans junkie
  A charismatic cholo so
  Some say he was born plain lucky
  He’d cruise the streets of Juarez
  In his low cut Eldorado
  Divine command he had oil slick hands
  A brash and bold bravado
  
  Mother Mary said your time has come
  The rivers wide
  but can be fought and won
  For the love of God and every man
  Jesus cross the Rio Grande
  
  Jesus fell in step with a group of
  high powered Federalese
  Who set him down and formed their plan
  through a haze of cold Tecates
  Judas said now Jeez I know
  you’re prone to walk on water
  But if you swim downstream
  there’s a better chance
  that you’ll make it across the border
  
  Mother Mary said your time has come
  For the rivers wide
  but can be fought and won
  For the love of God and every man
  Jesus cross the Rio Grande
  
  Your own personal Jesus
  Someone to hear your prayers,
  someone who care
  Your own personal Jesus
  Someone to hear your prayers,
  someone who’s there
  Feeling unknown when your all alone
  Flesh and bone by the telephone
  Lift up the receiver
  and make you a believer
  Take secondÊbest, put me to the test
  Yeah, things on your chest
  that you need to confess
  I will deliver you know,
  I’m a forgiver
  
  Reach out and touch faith
  Reach out and touch faith
  
  Jesus made his run
  on a hot and humid Friday night
  But his vision was blinded
  by the bright El Paso lights
  Never saw the shot that struck him down
  before he reached freedoms land
  The faithful they’re still waiting
  for the coming of their man
  
  Mother Mary said your time has come
  For the rivers wide
  but can be fought and won
  For the love of God and every man
  Jesus cross the Rio Grande