I heard the other day that i needed to pay for health
And wealth and prosperity live my life so peaches and cream
But then i took a look
And opened a old book
Just saw a simple man who was a king
Yet served the world with such humility
Why do we need a new thing
Its the American Jesus
We only want him to please us
Just wear a suit and tie have a wink in his eye
Just a really neat guy
When the truth of his story is that he left all his glory
To work on wood with his hands
Drive our roads made of sand
Be a servant of man
But dont you understand its all about you man
What you think and wear and drive
And how much money that it takes to feel alive
Instead i see a plan of a word becoming man
Not what i can do for him for i am
Weak but he lives strong and faithfully ooh
Why do we need a new thing
It's the American Jesus
Iwe only want him to please us
Just wear a suit in his tie have a wink in his eye
Just a really neat guy
But when the truth of his story is that he left all his glory
To work on wood with his hands drive
Our roads made of sand be a servant of man
And what your thinking he is like is not the same as who he is
For he is nothing like the world with
All its claim on all its fame and fortune
Flashy ways human praise selfishness greed
Its all just the same its all in vain
Its tbe American Jesus
We only want him to please us
Just whisper all the right things
Talk a get- rich-quick scheme
The American dream
But when tje truth of his story
Is that he left all his glory
To work on wood with his hands
Drive our roads made of sand
Be a servant of man
A simple life kinda man
We need to get with the plan
He was a servant of man