Don't cry my Maria
I sure am glad to see ya babe
It's really been a long long time
(It's really been a long long time)
Now me and Judas and the boys were making some noise
And now they're trying me for high crimes
(Tryin me for high crimes)
Delivered me to Pilate
Who washed his hands
When I told him that I am what you say I am
(When I told him that I am what you say I am)
The priests sent down a ruling
To kill me in the name of the law
(They're gonna kill me in the name of the law)

So now I'm crucified
I'm hangin high
And all my friends can do is wail and cry
Forgive them Father they know not what they do
They'll probably turn around and put it on you
I should have known it since I heard the call
I'd end up hanging round with y'all

You know when I was born
Three wise men came
(When I was born)
And they showered me with presents from a foreign land
(When I was born)
Said to come and see them when the child became a man
(Long ago)
So when I hit Thirteen it was time to go
(When I was Thirteen)
Already teaching to the preachers what they're supposed to know
(When I was Thirteen)
I packed a piece of bread in my bag and I hit the road
(Long ago)

Man I got all the way to Kathmandu
(Kathmandu)
High up a mountain top I found a Sadhu
(I found a Sadhu)
He had a dreadlock like a banyan tree
He packed a chillum and he smoked with me
Believe me Father they know all about you
And they know just what to do

So I studied with the Brahmins but we didn't jive
'Cause I was teaching the untouchables and staying alive
(We didn't jive)
I said it wasn't right
Made my flight from Juggernaut in the night
(I take my flight from Juggernaut in the night)
And then I heard about the Buddha
I saw the holy stupa
(Om Mani Padme Hum)
I was introduced to Taras and they know the Kama Sutra
(Know the Kama Sutra)
That's when I knew it was time I better come back home
To you Mary

But first the Yogis taught me how to meditate
(Om Om Om Om)
And how your medicine is on your plate
I learned the magic of the healing hand
(I learned the magic)
I found creation in a grain of sand
(i found creation)
I could have stayed there for a life or two
(I coulda stayed there)
But I was coming on back for you

Now Mary don't go
With no one else
I only need Three days to heal myself
And you and me are goin on a trip to the top of the world
(On a trip to the top of the world)
I'm gonna take you to a valley of Gold and Green
(Gold and Green)
You're gonna see the highest peaks the world's ever seen
(Ever seen)
And we can start a family
Forever and ever Amin

So now in Srinagar in old Kashmir
(Old Kashmir)
There is a legend that you're bound to hear
There lived a saint named Issa the Kind
Helping the poor
He was healing the blind
They got a shrine there with his footprints too
And baby you can even see right through