Gerry Rzeppa - Jeremiah (feat. Brian Campbell) Lyrics

Jeremiah went up to the temple gate
Said change your way before it's way to late
I'm not here to scratch your itchy ears
I came to tell you what you need to hear
But the men of Jeremiah's home town
Said shut up boy we don't want you around
Keep talking like that and we'll put you down
And Jeremiah said Lord this is too much for me
Jeremiah went down to the potter's shop
But the piece on the wheel that the potter made was a flop
So he mushed it up and started all over again
And Jeremiah said that's what god does with men
So they dragged him away to the school of hard knocks
Hit him on the head and put in the stocks
Spit in his face and fastened the locks
And Jeremiah said Lord I think you tricked me
I didn't sign up for this
Jeremiah and Baruch wrote it down in book
They read it to the priests and sent it to the king for a look
But three pages in he sliced it up with a knife
Then he threw it on the fire and threatened Jeremiah's life
So they put Jeremiah in a pit full of muck
But Ebedmelech got him unstuck
And he saw the city get broken up
And Jeremiah said Lord this is really ugly
The remnant said we should have listened to you
So whatever you tell us we will surely do
Should we stay in the land or should we get up and go
Stay he said but they all said no
So they dragged him to Egypt shaking his head
And he said you will soon be a slave or be dead
The streets in this place are about to run red
And Jeremiah said Lord oh Lord have mercy