Man you should have seen me way back then   I could tell a tale, I could make a spin   I could tell you black was white I could tell you day was night   Not only that I could tell you why   Back then I could really tel a lie      Well I'd hire a kid to say he was lame   Then I'd touch him and make him walk again   Then I'd pull some magic trick I'd pretend to heal the sick   I was takin' everything they had to give   It wasn't all that bad a way to live      Well I'm in this desert town and it's hot as hell   But no one's byuin' what I got to sell   I make my lame kid walk I make a dumb guy talk   I'm preachin' up a storm both night and day   But everyone just turns and walks away      Well I can see that I'm only wasting time   So I head across the road to drink some wine   This old man comes up to me He says I seen you on the street   You're pretty good if I do say myself   But the guy that come thru here last month he was sometin' else      Instead of allin' out for fire from above   He just gets real quiet and talks about love   And I'll tell you sometin' funny He didn't want nobody's money   Now I'm not exactly sure what this all means   But it's the damndest thing I swear I've ever seen      Well since that time every town is the same   I can't make a dime, I don't know why I came   I decide I'll go and find him And find out who's behind him   He has everyone convinced that he's for real   Well I figure we can work us out a deal      So he offers me a job and I say fine   He says I'll get paid off on down the line   Well I guess I'll string along Don't see how too much can go wrong   As long as he pays my way I guess I'll follow   We're headed for Jerusalem tomorrow