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-Next on "Great Performances,"
John Legend stars as Jesus Christ
in a spectacular new staging
of the iconic rock opera "Jesus Christ Superstar."
-* Jesus Christ, Superstar
* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
-* Nothing can be done to stop the shouting *
-Originally broadcast live, this Emmy Award-winning production
follows the story of Jesus
during the final week of his life
told through the eyes of his eventual betrayer,
Judas Iscariot, played by Broadway's Brandon Victor Dixon.
-* I'm the one who saw
-Featuring rock legend Alice Cooper as King Herod
and celebrated recording artist Sara Bareilles
as Mary Magdalene.
-* I don't know how to take this *
-* Hosanna, hey, sanna
* Sanna, sanna, hosanna -* Hey
-* Hey, sanna, hosanna
-It's "Jesus Christ Superstar," next.
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-* 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 you
* You 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 *
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* 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 *
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* Nazareth, your famous son
* Should've stayed a great unknown *
* Like his father, carving wood, he'd have made good *
* Tables, chairs, and oaken chests *
* Would've suited Jesus best
* He'd have caused nobody harm, no one alarm *
* Listen, Jesus, do you care for your race? *
* Don't you see we must keep in our place? *
* We are occupied
* Have you forgotten how put down we are? *
* And I am frightened by the crowd *
* For they are getting much too loud *
* And they'll crush us if we go too far *
* If we go too far
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Okay.
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* 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 your followers are blind
* Too much heaven on their minds *
* It was beautiful but now it's sour *
* Yes, it's all gone sour
* Listen, Jesus, to the warning I give *
* Please remember that I want us to live *
* So listen, Jesus, to the warning I give *
* Oh, I, I just want us to live *
* It's all
* Gone sour
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-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
-* Why should 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
-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
-* I could give you facts and figures *
-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
-* I could give you plans and forecasts *
-* When do we ride into Jerusalem? *
* When do we ride into Jerusalem? *
-* Even tell you where I'm going *
-* When do we ride into Jerusalem? *
* When do we ride into Jerusalem? *
-* 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 less than I *
-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
-* Let me try to cool down your face a bit *
* Let me try to cool down your face a bit *
* Let me try to cool down your face *
-* Let me try
-* Let me try to cool down your face a bit *
* Let me try to cool down your face a bit *
* Let me try
-* Mary, mm, that is good
* While you prattle through your supper *
* Where and when and who and how *
* She alone has tried to give me *
* What I need right here and now *
-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
-* 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 kiss you and stroke your hair *
* Is 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 you're inconsistent *
* They only need a small excuse to put us all away *
-* 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 *
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* 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 *
-* No, you're wrong, you're very wrong *
* No, you're wrong, you're very wrong *
* How can you say that?
How can you say that? *
* How can you say that?
-Not one! Not one of you!
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-* Try not to get worried
* Try not to turn onto problems that upset you *
* Don't you know everything's alright? *
* Yes, everything's fine
* And we want you to sleep well tonight *
* Let the world turn without you tonight *
* If we try, we'll get by
* So forget all about us tonight *
-* Everything's alright, yes
* Everything's alright, yes *
-* Sleep and I shall soothe you *
* Calm you and anoint you
* Myrrh for your hot forehead
* Then you'll feel everything's alright *
* Yes, 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
-* Everything's alright, yes
* Everything's alright, yes *
-* Hey, 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
* 300 silver pieces or more
* People who are hungry
* People who are starving
* They matter more
* Than your feet and hair
-* Try not to get worried
* Try not to turn onto problems that upset you, oh *
* Don't you know everything's alright? *
* Yes, everything's fine
* And we want you to sleep well tonight *
* Let the world turn without you tonight *
* If we try, we'll get by, so forget all about us tonight *
-* Everything's alright, yes
* Everything's alright, yes *
-* 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 we'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
-* Sleep and I shall soothe you *
* Calm you and anoint you
* Myrrh for your hot forehead
* Then you'll feel everything's alright *
* Yes, 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
-* Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax *
* Think of nothing tonight
-* Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax *
-* Yes, everything's alright
* Yes, everything's alright -* Close your eyes
* Close your eyes and relax -* Yes, everything's alright
-* Everything's alright, yes
-* Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax *
* Think of nothing tonight -* Everything's alright, yes
-* Close your eyes and relax -* Yes, everything's alright
-* Think of nothing tonight
-* Close your eyes, close your eyes and relax *
* Think of nothing tonight
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-* Good Caiaphas
* The council waits for you
* The Pharisees
* And priests are here for you *
-* Ah, gentlemen
* You know why we are here
* We've not much time
* And quite a problem here
-* Hosanna, Superstar
* Hosanna, Superstar *
* Hosanna, Superstar
* Hosanna, Superstar *
-* Listen to that howling mob of blockheads in the street *
* A trick or two with lepers
* And the whole town's on its feet *
-* He is dangerous
-* Jesus Christ, Superstar
-* He is dangerous
-* Tell us that you're who they say you are *
-* That man is in town right now to whip up some support *
-* A rabble-rousing mission that I think we must abort *
-* He is dangerous
-* Jesus Christ, Superstar
-* He is dangerous
-* Look, Caiaphas, they're right outside our yard *
-* Quick, Caiaphas, go call the Roman guard *
-* No, wait
* We need a more permanent solution to our problem *
-* What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth *
* Miracle wonder man, hero of fools? *
-* No riots, no Army, no fighting, no slogans *
-* Infantile sermons, the multitudes grow *
-* We cannot leave him to his own devices *
* His half-witted fans will get out of control *
-* But how can we stop him? His glamour increases *
* By leaps every minute
-* He's top of the pole
-* I see bad things arisin'
* The crowd crowned 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 *
-* Because, because, because of one man *
-* Our elimination because of one man *
-* Because, because, because of one *
* 'Cause of one, 'cause of one man *
-* What then to do about this Jesus mania? *
-* How do we deal with the carpenter King? *
-* Where do we start with a man who is bigger *
* Than John was when John did his baptism thing? *
-* 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 *
-* Must die, must die, this Jesus must die *
-* So like John before him, this Jesus must die *
-* Must die, must die
* This Jesus must, Jesus must
* Jesus must die
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-* Hosanna, hey, sanna
* Sanna, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, J.C., J.C., won't you fight for me? *
* Sanna, hosanna
* Hey, Superstar
-* 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
-* Hosanna, hey, sanna
* Sanna, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, J.C., J.C., you're alright by me *
* Sanna, hosanna
* Hey, Superstar
-* Why waste your breath moaning at the crowd? *
* Nothing can be done to stop the shouting *
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* If every tongue were stilled, the noise would still continue *
* The rocks and stones themselves would start to sing *
-* Hosanna, hey, sanna
* Sanna, sanna, hosanna -* Hey
-* Hey, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, J.C., J.C., won't you fight for me? *
* Sanna, hosanna
* Hey, Superstar
-* Sing me your songs, but not for me alone *
* Sing out for yourselves, for you are blessed *
* There is not one of you who cannot win the kingdom *
* The slow, the suffering, the quick, the dead *
-* Hosanna, hey, sanna
* Sanna, sanna, hosanna -* Hey
-* Hey, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, J.C., J.C., won't you die for me? *
* Sanna, hosanna
* Hey, Superstar
* Superstar
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-* Christ, you know I love you
* Did you see I waved?
* I believe in you and God
* So tell me that I'm saved
* Christ, you know I love you
* Did you see I waved?
* I believe in you and God
* So tell me that I'm saved
* Jesus, I am with you
* Touch me, touch me, Jesus
* Jesus, I am on your side
* Kiss me, kiss me, Jesus
-* Christ, what more do you need *
* To convince you
* That you've made it and you're easily as strong *
* As the filth from Rome who rape our country *
* And who've terrorized our people for so long? *
-* Christ, you know I love you
* Did you see I waved? -* Oh, yeah
-* I believe in you and God
-* So tell me that I'm saved -* Listen, Jesus
-* Christ, you know I love you
* Did you see I waved?
* I believe in you and God
* So tell me that I'm saved
* Jesus, I am with you
* Touch me, touch me, Jesus
* Jesus, I am on your side
* Kiss me, kiss me, Jesus
-* There must be over 50,000
* Screamin' love and more for you *
* And every one of 50,000
* 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
* You'll get the power and the glory *
-* You'll get the glory
-* Forever and ever and ever
-* And the power
-* You'll get the power and the glory *
-* You'll get the glory
-* Forever and ever and ever
-* And the power
-* You'll get the power and the glory *
* Forever and ever and ever
-* You'll get the glory
-* You'll get the power and the glory *
-* And the power
-* Forever and ever and ever
-* You'll get the glory
-* You'll get the power and the glory *
-* Forever and ever
-* Forever and ever, forever
* Amen
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-* Neither you, Simon
* Nor the 50,000
* 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 live a lie
* But you live a lie *
* While you live
* Your troubles are many, my
* Poor Jerusalem
* To conquer death
* You only have to die
* You only have to die *
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-* I dreamed I met a Galilean
* 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 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 crying for this man *
* And then I heard them mentioning my name *
* And leaving me the blame
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-* Roll on up for the 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 the 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 got everything *
* Come and buy, it's all going fast *
* Borrow cash on the finest terms *
* Hurry now, while stock's still up *
* Roll on up, Jerusalem
* Here it isn't us and them
* While our temple still survives *
* We, at least, are still alive *
* Come all classes, come all creeds *
* I can fix your wildest dreams *
* Name your pleasure, I will sell *
* I got heaven, I got hell
* What you see is what you get
* No one's been disappointed yet *
* Don't be scared, give me a try *
* There is nothing you can't buy *
*
* Roll on up for the 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 the price is down *
* Come on in for the best in town *
-* My temple should be
* A house of prayer
* But you have made it
* Into a den of thieves
Get out! Get out!
Get out!
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* My time is almost through
* Little left to do
* After all, I've tried for three years *
* Seems like 30
*
-* See my eyes, I can hardly see *
-* See me stand, I can hardly walk *
-* I believe you can make me whole *
-* See his tongue, he can hardly talk *
-* See my skin, I'm a mass of blood *
-* Change my life for I know you can *
-* I believe you can make me well *
-* See my purse, I'm a poor, poor man *
-* 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 our eyes, we can hardly see *
* See us stand, we can hardly walk *
* We believe you can make us whole *
* See our tongues that can hardly talk *
* See our skin, we're a mass of blood *
* Change our lives, for I know you can *
* We believe you can make us well *
* You're the hope of the poor, poor man *
* 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 our eyes, we can hardly see *
* See us stand, we can hardly walk *
* We believe you can make us whole *
* See the tongues that can hardly talk *
* See our skin, we're a mass of blood *
* Change our lives for we know you can *
* We believe you can make us whole *
* You're the hope of the poor, poor man *
* 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 our eyes, we can hardly see *
-* There's far too many of you -* See us stand
-* Don't push me -* I believe you can
* Make me whole, see the tongues that can hardly talk *
* See our skin -* There's too little of me
-* Don't touch me
-* We believe you can make us well *
* You're the hope of the poor, poor man *
-* Oh! -* 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? *
-Heal yourselves!
[ Breathing heavily ]
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-* Try not to get worried
* Try not to turn onto problems that upset you *
* Oh, don't you know everything's alright? *
* Yes, everything's fine
-* And I think I shall sleep well tonight *
* Let the world turn without me tonight *
-* If we try, we'll get by
* So forget all about us 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 *
* 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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* I never thought I'd come to this *
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* What's it all about?
*
* Yet if he said he loved me
* I'd be lost
* I'd be frightened
* I couldn't 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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[ Cheers and applause ]
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
-* Now 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 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 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
* Damned for all time
*
* Annas, you're a friend, a worldly man and wise *
* Caiaphas, my friend, I know you sympathize *
* But why are we the prophets? Why am I the one *
* Who sees the sad solution, knows 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
-* Cut the protesting, forget the excuses *
* We want information, get up off the floor *
-* We have the papers, we need to arrest him *
* You know his movements, we know the law *
-* Your help in this matter won't go unrewarded *
-* We'll pay you in silver, cash on the nail *
* We just need to know where the soldiers can find him *
-* With no crowd around him
-* Then we can't fail
-* I don't want your blood money *
-* Oh, that doesn't matter, our expenses are good *
-* I don't need your blood money *
-* But you might as well take it *
* We think that you should
-* Think of the things you could do with the money *
* Choose any charity, give to the poor *
* We've noted your motives, we've noted your feelings *
* This isn't blood money, it's a fee, nothing *
* A fee, nothing, a fee, nothing more *
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
-* On Thursday night
* You'll find him where you want him *
*
* Far from the crowds
* In the Garden
* Of Gethsemane
*
-* Well done, Judas
* Good, old Judas
* Well done, Judas
* Good, old Judas
*
* Ah
*
-* Look at all my trials and tribulations *
* Sinking in a gentle pool of wine *
-* Pool of wine
-* Don't disturb me now
* I can see the answers
* Till this evening is this morning *
* Life is fine
* Always hoped that I'd be an apostle *
* Knew that I would make it if I tried *
* Then when we retire, we can write the Gospels *
* So they'll still talk about us when we've died *
*
-* The end
* Is just a little harder
* When brought about
* By friends
* For all you care
* This wine could be my blood
* For all you care
* This bread could be my body
* The end
* This is my blood you drink
* This is my body you eat
* If you would, remember me
* When you eat and drink
* I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered *
* Yes, I must be out of my head *
* Look at your blank faces
* My name will mean nothing
* 10 minutes after I'm dead
* One of you denies me, one of you betrays me *
[ All disagreeing indistinctly ]
*
* Peter will deny me in just a few hours *
* Three times will deny me, and that's not all I see *
* One of you here dining, one of my Twelve chosen *
* Will leave to betray me
-* Cut out the dramatics, you know very well who *
-* Why don't you go do it?
-* You want me to do it?
-* Hurry, they are waiting
-* If you knew why I do it
-* I don't care why you do it
-* To think I admired you
Well, now I despise you.
-* You liar, you, Judas
-* You want me to do it
* What if I just stayed here and ruined your ambition? *
* Christ, you deserve it
-* Hurry, you fool, hurry and go *
* Save me your speeches, I don't want to know *
* Go!
-* Look at all my trials and tribulations *
* Sinking in a gentle pool of wine *
* What's that in the bread?
* It's gone to my head
* Till this morning is this evening *
* Life is fine
* Always hoped that I'd be an apostle *
* Knew that I would make it if I tried *
* Then when we retire, we can write the Gospels *
* So they'll all talk about us when we've died *
-You sad, pathetic man.
* See where you brought us to *
* Our ideals die around us
* And all because of you
* The saddest cut of all
* Someone has to turn you in
* Like a common criminal
* Like a wounded animal
* A jaded Mandarin
* Like a jaded Mandarin
* Like a jaded, jaded, faded, faded, jaded Mandarin *
-* Get out, they're waiting
* Get out!
* Oh, they're waiting for you *
-* Every time I look at you, I don't understand *
* Why you let the things you did get so out of hand *
* You'd have managed better if -- if you'd had it planned *
* Ohh, oh, yeah
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
-* Look at all my trials and tribulations *
* Sinking in a gentle pool of wine *
* Don't disturb me now, I can see the answers *
* Till this evening is this morning *
* Life is fine
* Always hoped that I'd be an apostle *
* Knew that I would make it if I tried *
* Then when we retire, we can write the Gospels *
* So they'll still talk about us *
* When we've died
[ Cheers and applause ]
-* Will no one stay awake with me? *
* Peter, John, James
* Will none of you wait with me? *
Peter?
John?
James?
*
* 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 *
* Feel it burn me
* I have changed
* I'm not as sure as when we started *
* Then I was inspired
* Now I'm sad and tired
* Listen, surely I've exceeded expectations *
* Tried for three years
* Seems like 30
* Could you ask as much from any other man? *
* But if I die
* See the saga through
* And do the things you ask of me *
* Let them hate me, hit me, hurt me *
* Nail me to their tree
* I'd want to know, I'd want to know, my God *
* I'd want to see, I'd want to see, my God *
* Why I should die
* Would I be more noticed
* Than I ever was before?
* Would the things I've said and done *
* Matter any more?
* I'd have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord *
* I'd have to see, I'd have to see, my Lord *
* If I die, what would be my reward? *
* Have to know, I'd have to know, my Lord *
* Why should I die?
* Oh, why should I die?
* Can you show me now
* That I would not be killed in vain? *
* Show me just a little
* Of your omnipresent brain
* Show me there's a reason
* For your wanting me to die
* You're far too keen on where and how *
* But not so hot on why
* Alright
* I'll die
* Just watch me die
* See how I die
* See how I die *
*
* Oh, watch me die
* Oh-h-h, watch me die
*
* Then I was inspired
* Now I'm sad and tired
*
* After all
* I've tried for three years
* Seems like 90
* Why then am I scared to finish *
* What I started?
What you started.
* I didn't start it
* God, Thy will be done
*
* Destroy your only son
* I will drink
* Your cup of poison
* Nail me to your cross
* And break me, bleed me
* Beat me, kill me
* Take me now
* Before I change my mind
* Now before I change
* My mind
*
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[ Cheers and applause ]
*
-* There he is
* They're all asleep
* The fools
-* Judas
* Must you betray me
* With a kiss?
-* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* What's the buzz?
* Tell me what's happening
* Tell me what's happening *
-* Oh, what's the buzz?
* Tell me what's a-happening
* What's the buzz? Tell me what's a-happening *
* Hang on, Lord, we're gonna fight for you *
-* You, hang on, Lord, we gonna fight for you now *
* Hang on -* Put away your sword
* Don't you know that it's all over? *
* It was nice but now it's done *
* Why are you obsessed with fighting? *
* Stick to fishing from now on *
-* Tell me, Christ, how you feel tonight *
-* Do you plan to put up a fight? *
-* Do you feel that you've had the breaks? *
-* What would you say were your big mistakes? *
-* How do you view your coming trial? *
-* Have your men proved at all worthwhile? *
-* Did you pick an efficient team? *
-* Is that it for the Jewish dream? *
-* Come with us to see Caiaphas *
* You'll just love the High Priest's house *
* You'll just love seeing Caiaphas *
* You'll just die in the High Priest's house *
-* Come on, God, this is not like you *
-* Let us know what you're gonna do *
-* You know how your supporters feel *
-* You'll escape in the final reel *
-* Tell me, Christ, how you feel tonight *
-* Do you plan to put up a fight? *
-* Do you feel that you've had the breaks? *
-* What would you say were your big mistakes? *
* Come with us to see Caiaphas
* You'll just love the High Priest's house *
* You'll just love seeing Caiaphas *
* You'll just die in the High Priest's house *
* Now we have him, now we've got him *
-* Now we have him -* Now they have him
-* Now we have got him now -* Now they have got him now
[ Indistinct conversations ]
*
-* Jesus, you must realize
* The serious charges facing you *
* You say you're the Son of God *
* In all your handouts, well, is it true? *
-That's what you say. You say that I am.
*
-* 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 *
-* Now we have him, now we've got him *
* Now we have him, now we've got him *
* Take him to Pilate, take him to Pilate *
[ All speaking indistinctly ]
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
-* I think I've seen you somewhere *
* I remember
* You were with that man they took away *
* I recognize your face
-* You've got the wrong man, lady *
* I don't know him
* And I wasn't where he was tonight *
* Never near the place
-* That's strange, for I am sure I saw you with him *
* You were right by his side and yet you denied *
-* I tell you, I was never, ever with him *
-* But I saw you, too
* It looked just like you
-I don't know him!
-Peter.
* Don't you know what you have said? *
* You've gone and cut him dead
-* I had to do it, don't you see? *
* Or else they'd go for me
*
-* It's what he told us you would do *
* I wonder how he knew
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
-* Who is this broken man
* Cluttering up my hallway?
* Who is this unfortunate?
-* Someone Christ, King of the Jews *
-* Oh, so this is Jesus Christ
* I'm really quite surprised
* You look so small
* Not a king at all
* We all know that you are news *
* But are you King -- King of the Jews? *
-That's what you say I am.
*
-* What do you mean by that?
* That is not an answer
* You're deep in trouble, friend *
* Someone Christ, King of the Jews *
* How can someone in your state *
* Be so cool about his fate?
* An amazing thing
* This silent King
* Since you come from Galilee
* Then you need not come to me
* You're Herod's race
* He's Herod's case
-* Hosanna, hey, sanna
* Sanna, sanna, hosanna
* Hey, sanna
* Ho and how
* Hey, J.C., J.C.
* Please explain to me
* You had everything
* Where is it now?
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
[ Laughter ]
-Jesus, I am overjoyed
to meet you face-to-face.
You've been getting quite a name all around this place.
Healing cripples... -Ooh!
-...raising the dead. -Ahh.
-And now I understand you're God.
Wow.
[ Laughter ]
At least that's what you said.
* So you are the Christ
* Yes, the great Jesus Christ
* Prove 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
* Come on, you King of the Jews *
* Jesus, you just won't believe *
* The hit you've made around here *
* You are all we ever talk about *
* You're the wonder of the year *
* Oh, what a pity
* If it is all a lie
* Still, that you, that you can rock the cynics if you try *
* So, you are the Christ
* Yes, the great Jesus Christ
* Prove to me that you're no fool *
* Walk across my swimming pool
* Do that for me, and I'll let you go free *
* Come on, you King of the Jews *
Hello, Jerusalem!
[ Cheers and applause ]
I am your King!
[ Cheers and applause ]
*
* I only ask what I'd ask of any superstar *
* What is it that you have got
* That puts you where you are?
* Oh, I am waiting
* Yes, I'm a captive fan
* I'm dying to be shown
* That you are not just any man *
* So, you are the Christ
* The great Jesus Christ
* Feed my household with this bread *
* You can do it on your head
* Or has something gone wrong? *
* Why do you take so long?
* Come on, you King of the Jews! *
* Hey, aren't you
* Scared of me, Christ?
* Mister Wonderful Christ
* You're a joke! You're not the Lord *
* You are nothing but a fraud
* Take him away
* He's got nothing to say
* Get out, you King of the
* Get out, you King of the *
* Get out, you King of the Jews! *
Get out of my life!
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
-[ Whistles ]
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
*
-* I've been living to see you
* Dying to see you
* But it shouldn't be like this *
* This was unexpected
* What do I do now?
* Could we start again, please? *
-* Could we start again, please? *
-* I've been very hopeful so far *
* Now for the first time
* I think we're going wrong
* Hurry up and tell me
* This is all a dream
* Oh, could we start again, please? *
-* Could we start again, please? *
-* I think you've made your point now *
-* You've even gone a bit too far *
* To get your message home
-* Before it gets too frightening *
* We ought to call a halt
-* Oh, could we start again, please? *
-* Could we start again, please? *
-* I've been living to see you
* Dying to see you
* But it shouldn't be like this *
* This was unexpected
* What do I do now?
* Oh, could we start again, please? *
-* Could we start again, please? *
-* I think you've made your point now *
-* You've even gone a bit too far *
* To get your message home
-* Before it gets too frightening *
* We ought to call a halt
-* So, could we start again, please? *
-* So, could we start again?
[ Cheers and applause ]
-My God, I saw him!
* He looked three-quarters dead *
* And it was so bad, I had to turn my head *
* You beat him so hard that he was bent and lame *
* And I know who everyone is gonna blame *
* I don't believe he knows I acted for our good *
* I'd save him all the suffering if I could *
* Don't believe -- Our good --
* And I'd save him if I could
*
-* Cut the confessions, forget the excuses *
* I don't understand why you're filled with remorse *
* All that you've said has come true with a vengeance *
* The mob turned against him
* You backed the right horse
-* What you have done will be the saving of Israel *
* You'll be remembered forever for this *
* Not only that, you've been paid for your efforts *
* Pretty good wages for one little kiss *
-* Christ, I know you can't hear me *
* But I only did what you wanted me to *
* Christ, I'd sell out the nation *
* For 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 slime and the slime and the mud *
*
[ Cheers and applause ]
* I...
* I don't know
* How to love him
I don't know why he moves me.
He's a man.
He's just a man.
* He is not a king
* He is just the same
* As anyone I know
* He scares me so
[ Cheers and applause ]
* When he's cold and dead
* Will he let me be?
* Does he love
Does he love me, too?
Does he care for me?
*
[ Inhales deeply ]
*
My mind is in darkness now.
My God, I am sick!
I -- I have been used!
And you knew -- you knew all the time.
My God, I'll never know why you chose me for your crime!
Your bloody, foul, bloody crime!
You have murdered me.
You...
have murdered me.
Murdered me.
Murdered me. Murdered me.
Murdered me!
Murdered me, murdered me!
Murdered me!
Murdered me, murdered me, murdered me!
Murdered me, murdered me.
Murdered me! Murdered me!
Murdered me, murdered me!
Murdered me. Murdered me!
Murdered me, murdered me, murdered me!
Murdered me! Murdered me!
Murdered me!
*
-* Poor, old Judas
* So long, Judas
* Poor, old Judas
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*
-* And so the King
* Is once again my guest
* And why is this?
* Was Herod unimpressed?
-* We turn to Rome
* To sentence Nazareth
* We have no law
* To put a man to death
* We need him crucified
* It's all you have to do
-* We need him crucified
* It's all you have to do
*
-* Talk to me, Jesus Christ
* You have been brought here
* Manacled, beaten by your own people *
* Do you have the first idea why you deserve it? *
* Listen, King of the Jews, where is your kingdom? *
* Look at me, am I a Jew?
-* I have got no kingdom in this world *
* I'm through, through, through *
-* Talk to me, Jesus Christ
-* There may be a kingdom for me somewhere *
* If I only knew
-* Then you're a King
-* It's you that say I am, I look for truth *
-[ Laughs ] -* And find that I get damned
-* But what is truth?
* Not easy to define
* We both have truths
* Are yours the same as mine?
-* Crucify him, crucify him
-* What do you mean?
* You'd crucify your king?
-* We have no king but Caesar
-* He's done no wrong
* No, not the slightest thing
-* We have no king but Caesar
* Crucify him -* Well, this is new
* Respect for Caesar
* Till now this has been noticeably lacking *
* Who is this Jesus? Why is he different? *
* You Jews produce messiahs by the sackful *
-* We need him crucified
* It's all you have to do
* We need him crucified
* It's all you have to do
-* Talk to me, Jesus Christ
*
[ Gasping ]
*
* Look at your Jesus Christ
* I'll agree he's mad
* Ought to be locked up
* But that is not a reason to destroy him *
* He's a sad little man
* Not a king or a God
* Not a thief, I need a crime
-* Kill him, he says he's God, he's a blasphemer *
* He'll conquer you and us and even Caesar *
[ Indistinct shouting ]
* Crucify him, crucify him
-* Behold the man
* Behold your shattered king
-* We have no king but Caesar
-* You hypocrites
* You hate us more than him
-* We have no king but Caesar
* Crucify him -* I see no reason
* I find no evil
* This man is harmless, so why does he upset you? *
* He's just misguided, thinks he's important *
* But to keep you vultures happy, I shall flog him *
-* Crucify him, crucify him
* Crucify, crucify, crucify, crucify *
* Crucify him, crucify him
* Crucify, crucify, crucify, crucify *
* Crucify him, crucify him
* Crucify, crucify, crucify, crucify *
-1. 2. -[ Shouting ]
-3.
4. 5.
6.
7. 8.
9.
10.
11. 12.
13.
14. 15.
16.
17. 18.
19.
20. 21.
22.
23. 24.
25.
26. 27.
28.
29. 30.
31.
32. 33.
34.
35. 36.
37.
38. 39!
-[ Panting ]
-* Where are you from, Jesus?
* What do you want, Jesus?
* Tell me
* You've got to be careful
* You could be dead soon
* Could well be
* Why do you not speak
* When I hold your life in my hands? *
* How can you stay quiet?
* I don't believe you understand *
-* You have nothing in your hands *
* Any power that you have comes to you from far beyond *
Everything is fixed, and you can't change it.
-* You're a fool, Jesus Christ
* How can I help you?
-* Pilate, crucify him, crucify *
* Remember Caesar, you have a duty *
* To keep the peace, so crucify him *
* Remember Caesar, you'll be demoted *
* You'll be deported, crucify him *
* Remember Caesar, you have a duty *
* To keep the peace, so crucify him *
* Remember Caesar, you'll be demoted *
* You'll be deported, crucify him *
* Remember Caesar, you have a duty *
* To keep the peace, so crucify him *
* Remember Caesar, you'll be demoted *
* You'll be deported, crucify him *
-* Don't let me stop
* Your great self-destruction
* Die if you want to
* You misguided martyr
* I wash my hands
* Of your demolition
* Die if you want to
* You innocent puppet
*
-[ Vocalizing ]
*
[ Vocalizing continues ]
*
-* Every time I look at you, I don't understand *
* Why you let the things you did get so out of hand *
* You'd have managed better if you'd had it planned *
* Now, why'd you choose such a backwards time *
* And such a strange land?
* If you'd come today
* You could have reached a whole nation *
* Israel in 4 B.C. had no mass communication *
-* Don't you get me wrong -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Don't you get me wrong now -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Don't you get me wrong
-* Don't you get me wrong now -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Only want to know -* Only want to know
-* Only want to know now -* I only want to know
-* Only want to know
-* I only want to know, I only want to know *
-* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
* Who are you? What have you sacrificed? *
* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
* Who are you? What have you sacrificed? *
* Jesus Christ, Superstar
* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
* Jesus Christ, Superstar
* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
*
-* Tell me
* What you think about your friends at the top *
* Now, who do you think besides yourself *
* Was the pick of the crop?
* Buddha -- was he where it's at? *
* Is he where you are?
* Could Muhammad move a mountain *
* Or was that just P.R.?
* Did you mean to die like that? *
* Was that a mistake?
* Or did you know your messy death *
* Would be a record breaker?
-* Don't you get me wrong -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Don't you get me wrong now -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Don't you get me wrong
-* Don't you get me wrong now -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Only want to know -* I only want to know
-* Only want to know now -* I only want to know
-* Only want to know -* Only want to know
-* I only want to know
-* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ [ Rhythmic clapping ]
* Who are you? What have you sacrificed? *
-* Come on, come on, Jesus
-* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ -* Who
-* Who are you? What have you sacrificed? *
* Jesus Christ superstar -* Jesus
-* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
-* Come on, tell me
-* Jesus Christ, Superstar -* Jesus
-* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
-* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ -* Jesus
-* Who are you? -* I only want to know
-* What have you sacrificed? -* Only want to know
-* Tell me, tell me -* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ
-* Tell me, don't you get me wrong *
-* Who are you? What have you sacrificed? *
-* I only want to know, come on, come on, Jesus *
-* Jesus Christ
-* Jesus -* Superstar
-* I only want to know -* Who are you?
* What have you sacrificed? -* Tell me, tell me
-* Jesus Christ
-* Tell me -* Superstar
-* Don't get me wrong -* Don't you get me wrong
-* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
-* I only want to know, tell me *
-* Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ -* Yeah
-* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
-* Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah *
-* Jesus Christ, Superstar -* Yeah, yeah, yeah
* Yeah
-* Who are you? What have you sacrificed? *
-* Come on, come on, Jesus -* Jesus Christ
* Superstar -* Jesus
-* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
-* Come on, Jesus
-* Jesus Christ, Superstar -* Jesus
* I only want to know
-* Do you think you're what they say you are? *
* Are you what they say
-* Yeah -* You are?
[ Cheers and applause ]
[ Cheers and applause continue ]
-[ Groans ]
*
[ Crowd laughing mockingly ]
*
-Father, forgive them,
for they don't know what they're doing.
[ Laughter continues ]
*
Who is my mother?
Where is my mother?!
*
My God! My God!
Why have you forgotten me?
*
I'm thirsty.
*
I'm thirsty!
Oh, God, I'm thirsty!
I'm so thirsty!
*
[ Sobbing ]
*
It...is...finished!
*
-[ Vocalizing ]
*
Father, into your hands
I commend my spirit.
*
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