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If I Were More Like Jesus

from New Fragility (Deluxe Edition) by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

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This I recorded live through a cassette player at home (which explains the click at beginning and end). I have recordings (mostly demos) of songs and ideas on cassettes for the last 20 years or so. I wrote this several years ago but rearranged and recorded it recently on piano as it seemed to fit with the overall message of the album.
At the end of the song, I make an overt reference to Neil Young’s song, “Borrowed Tune,” (“I’m climbing this ladder/my head in the clouds/I hope that it matters/I’m having my doubts”) because I think it works and also thought it would be amusing to borrow a line from his borrowed song (borrowed from The Rolling Stones’ “Lady Jane”).

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If I were more like Jesus,
I’d get down on my knees to pray
But I’m not

My daughter sits upon uncertain shoulders
I guess fate is sticking to its guns

And you stood out on the front porch shouting,
“There’s a soul in everything. There’s a reason for all that has occurred.”
But I am not behind the door,
I don’t live there anymore

Unmitigated fever, the doctor says he just don’t know why I’ve come
Hallucinations and courageous stands
But sooner or later, boy, you know you’re going under
Was that a shot fired in the distance?
Was that a knock?
Were those mumbled words yours?
How can I be sure when I don’t live there anymore?

And I’m climbing this ladder
My head in the clouds
And I hope that it matters
I am having my doubts

If I were more like Jesus
I’d get down on my knees to pray
But I’m not

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from New Fragility (Deluxe Edition), released February 12, 2021
Alec Ounsworth: vocals, piano

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