[Chorus]
Jesus, save me
Jesus, save me

[Verse 1]
Can I tell you something?
Can I tell you a story?
It's about me and Billy
'Cause, 'cause I remember
I remember it all started when he bought that car
It was the first thing he ever owned, apart from me
And the colour was red
And the colour was red
And he drove me, he drove me out of my mind
I'm over it now
It was spring or summer '65, I don't remember
Steaming and sweating and sticking against the wheel
And I could see the tendons stand out in the back of his neck
And he used to make me pray wearing a mask like a dead saint
When he put me there in the back seat, and he'd say

[Chorus]
Jesus, save me
Jesus, save me

[Verse 2]
Inherited his father's hate is what he'd say
And he'd cuss enough to strip the paint off Heaven's gate
But somehow he could make joy come loose inside
I would feel really, I would feel really and truly alive
And I would do anything for him
It just wasn't enough, it was never enough
He'd turn to me and say, he'd, he'd say
"Even the son of God had to die, my darling"
And he wanted everything, he wanted everything
He wanted the honey from the cane
He used to make, he used to make me pray
Every morning, kneeling in the backseat, "Je-Jesus,"
He'd make me pray kneeling there and he wanted everything
He wanted the honey from the cane
"Say it!
Even the son of God had to die, my darling
Go on, say it!"
[Chorus]
Jesus, save me
Jesus, save me