Song 8: Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is about, well, Jesus Christ, written in 1944. The song is a very elementary overview of His life and has almost no reference to anything but Jesus until the last verse. Here, He was depicted in New York, where He would have met the same fate as he had everywhere else. I think this is meant to say that, at this time in American history, New York City was an especially immoral and lawless place; a place where Jesus would be rejected.. so sad... O;. I can honestly say the only part of this song I liked was Jesus' name.