[Jerusalem, Sunday]
[Priest 1:]
Good Caiaphas, the council waits for you
The pharisees
And priests are here for you
[Caiaphas:]
Oh, gentlemen — you know why we are here
We've not much time
And quite a problem here
[Crowd (outside):]
Hosanna! Superstar!
[Annas:]
Listen to that howling mob
Of block heads in the street!
A trick or two with lepers
And the whole town's on it's feet
[All:]
He's dangerous!
[Crowd (outside):]
Jesus Christ superstar —
[All:]
He's dangerous!
[Crowd (outside):]
Tell us that you're who they say you are
[Priest 2:]
The man is in town right now
To whip up some support
[Priest 1:]
A rabble rousin mission
That I think we must abort
[All:]
He's dangerous!
[Crowd (outside):]
Jesus Christ superstar!
[All:]
He's dangerous!
[Priest 1:]
Look Caiaphas —
They're right outside our yard!
[Priest 2:]
Quick Caiaphas — go call the roman guard
[Caiaphas:]
No wait — we need a more permanent
Solution to our problem…
[Annas:]
What then to do about
Jesus of Nazareth
Miracle wonderman — hero of fools?
[Priest 1:]
No riots, no army,
No fighting, no slogans
[Caiaphas:]
One thing i'll say for him —
Jesus is cool
[Annas:]
We dare not leave him to his own devices
His half-witted fans
Will get out of control
[Priest 1:]
But how can we stop him?
His glamour increases
By leaps every minute
He's top of the poll
[Caiaphas:]
I see bad things arisin — the crowd
Crown him king
Which the romans would ban
I see blood and destruction our
Elimination because of one man
Blood and Destruction because of one man
[All:]
Because, because, because of one man
[Caiaphas:]
Our elimination because of one man
[All:]
Because, because, because of one
'Cause of one,'cause of one man
[Priest 2:]
What then to do about this jesusmania?
[Annas:]
How do we deal with the carpener king?
[Priest 2:]
Where do we start with a man
Who is bigger
Than John was when John did
His baptism thing?
[Caiaphas:]
Fools! You have no perception!
The stakes we are gamblin
Are frighteningly high!
We must crush him completly —
So like John before him,
This Jesus must die
For the sake of the nation
This Jesus must die
[All:]
Must die, must die, this Jesus must die
[Caiaphas:]
So like John before him,
This Jesus must die
[All:]
Must die, must die, this Jesus must, Jesus must, Jesus must die!