Jesus lived in a ramshackle shack   With a fat New Orleans junkie   Charismatic solo lonesome some say   He was born plain lucky      Cruise the streets of Juarez   In his low-cut El Dorado   Divine command and oil slick hands   With brash and bold bravado      Mother Mary said, "Your time has come   For the river's wide but can be fought and won"   For the very love of God and Man   Jesus crossed the Rio Grande      Look at here, Jesus fell in step with a group   Of high-powered federals   Sat them down and formed their plan   Through a haze of cold Tecates      Judas said, "Now, Jeez, I know   You're prone to walk on water   If you swim downstream there's a better chance   That you'll make it across the border, yeah"      Mother Mary said, "Your time has come   For the river's wide but can be fought and won"   For the very love of God and Man   Jesus crossed the Rio Grande      Jesus made his run on a hot   And humid Friday night   But his vision, it was blinded   By the bright El Paso lights      He never saw the shot   That left him short of freedom's land   But the faithful they're still waiting   For the coming of their man      Well, Mother Mary said, "Your time has come   For the river's wide but can be fought and won"   For the very love of God and Man   Jesus crossed the Rio Grande