All for the Best

JESUS
When you feel sad
Or under a curse
your life is bad
Your prospects are worse
Your wife is sighing
Crying
And your olive tree is dying
Temples are graying and teeth are decaying and creditors weighing your purse

Your mood and your robe
Are both a deep blue
You'd bet that Job
Had nothing on you
Don't forget that when you get to heaven you'll be blessed
Yes, it's all for the best

JOHN/JUDAS
Some men are born to live at ease
Doing what they please
Richer than the bees are in honey
Never growing old
Never feeling cold
Pulling lots of gold from thin air
The best in every town
Best at shaking down
Best at making mountains of money
They can't take it with them, but what do they care?
They get the center of the meat
Cushions on the seat
Houses on the street where it's sunny
Summers at the sea
Winters warm and free
All of this and we get the rest
But who is the land for
The sun and the sand for?
You guessed
It's all for the best

(both verses repeat together)

JESUS
(spoken)
How can you see the mote in your brother's eye when you have this great plank in your own?

JOHN/JUDAS
I don't know.  How can you see the mote in your brother's eye when you have this great plank in you own?

JESUS
How can you remove the mote in your brother's eye when you have this great plank in your own?

JOHN/JUDAS
I don't know.  How can you remove the mote in your brother's eye when you have this great plank in your own?

JESUS
Hypocrite!  First you take the plank out of your own eye so that you may see clearly to remove the plank from your brother's.

JOHN/JUDAS
That's not an answer to the question.

JESUS
Did I promise an answer to the question?

(chorus separates into halves and all repeat verses together)

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