I am Judas (Randall Lee)

from Help Yourself by Songs of Tom Smith

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Randall Lee (Ashtray Boy) also contruibutes 2 songs to this collection. Very chuffed about these songs. I've followed Ashtray boy for years now and finally got to do a gig with them a few years back. We've kept in touch and done more gigs/collabs since.

For these songs, his idea was to just look at chords/lyrics but not listen to my demo. For this song, his verse melody is similar to mine (just better) but the chorus is quite different.

Lyrics:

As a love letter you can read this
Or a suicide note
Me and Jesus were the only radicals
Standing up to Rome
‘Can you take the blame for me, can you take it?’
Was the last thing that he asked
Carry out my final command
You’re the only one I can trust

CHORUS
I am Judas, his star pupil
his deepest secrets to keep, Only
I understand Jesus
No one understands, no one understands
(Me)

I handed over Jesus to the Romans
On the orders of Jesus himself
No it was not a betrayal
Just obedience to his request
You’re arrested as a Christian
What are you gonna do?
You can die for your beliefs
That is up to you

CHORUS

He was not resurrected to Heaven
Nor was he the son of God
Jesus was not born of the Virgin
He gave me a wink and a nod
Can you take the blame for me, can you take it?
Was the last thing that he asked
Carry out my final command
You’re the only one I can trust

CHORUS

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from Help Yourself, released April 23, 2021

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The Songs of Tom Smith is a recording and performance project created by Tom in 2012. It has a large pool of musicians across Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

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