Mum they said I killed Jesus
I said as I came home from school
How can they say that I’m only eleven
What would it be
2000 years ago and I am not free
To say I am different
And play with the guys
Who grew up in this
Lovely countryside.
Go back and tell them
The Pope has said
That one of the saints
Has been misread
It was the Roman leader
That gave the order
For a wonderful wise man
To be killed on a cross
What a loss.
You are the only Jew in the school
You can’t take on them all
Just don’t make eye contact
And very soon
When you are in the room
They will forget you are different
And become your friends
Show them that you have no tail
And then understanding will prevail.
I’ll take you back to the city soon
And you’ll go to a school
Where there will be other children
Who like you have had to be cool
And on Saturdays visit the schul
But mum they make me feel so sad
Do they think I am that bad
To kill a man and a peaceful one too
Do they think I come from the zoo?
Yes some of them might.
Why did you tell them that you are a Jew?
Its a really big problem for more than a few
Of people who don’t like the difference
But really we are all the same
Don’t think that you have to take the blame.
