THE REBEL JESUS – BEBO C All the streets are filled with laughter and light G and the music of the season C and the merchant's windows are all bright G Em with the faces of the children C G and the families hurry into their homes C G as the sky darkens and freezes C G We'll be gathering around our hearths and tables F C Giving thanks for God's graces C D C and the birth of the rebel Jesus C Well they call him by the Prince of Peace G And they call him by the Savior C and they pray to Him upon the seats G Em and in every bold endeavor C G and they fill His chuches with their pride and gold C G as their faith in Him increases C G but they've turned the nature that I worship in F C from a temple to a robber's den C G C in the words of the rebel Jesus C We guard our world with locks and guns G and we guard our fine posessions C and once a year when christmas comes G Em we give to our relations C G and perhaps we give a little to the poor C G if the generosity should seize us C G but if anyone of us should interfere F C in the business of why there are poor C G C we'll get the same as the rebel Jesus C but pardon me if I have seemed G to take the tone of judgment C for I've no wish to come between G Em this day and your enjoyment C G in a life of hardship and of earthly toil C G there's a need for anything that frees us C G So I bid you pleasure and I bid you cheer F C from a heathen and a pagan C G C on the side of the rebel Jesus