"Jesus Keeps Me Sober" from the prequel to Beat Is Beatitude, called Manger Chaser, and released late last year.
Interpreted as song by Michael Humber.
Jesus keeps me sober
The one who turned water
Into wine
Turned it back into water for me
He turned it into black coffee
Carbonated water
All natural soda
Jesus keeps me sober
One minute
One hour
One day at a time
I used to think communion
Sacraments
had to be spiked
That the disciples must have been stoned
But the gluttony of Christmas cookies
Is more than I need tonight
To dance around the evergreen tree
In the bliss of childlike ecstasy
Christmas got sober
Jesus is clean
Purged from sin
Or being mean
He’s the hope
That children dream
12.24.11
