Tramp on the Street
Tramp on the Street: A poignant tale of sacrifice and abandonment
Lyrics
Jesus, he died on calvary's tree
Jesus died crucified on the cross at Calvary.
Nails in his hands and nails in his feet.
Describes the crucifixion wounds - nails in his hands and feet.
Mary, she rocked him, her little baby to sleep.
Mary, his mother, comforted and cared for him as a baby.
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
Despite this care, he was abandoned and left to die, paralleling Christ's crucifixion to a forsaken, destitute person.
Only a poor man was laz'rus that day
Lazarus, from the biblical story, was a poor man begging at a rich man's gate.
When he lay down at the rich man's gate.
He sought sustenance at the rich man's gate.
He begged for the crumbs of the rich man to eat;
Begging for even the smallest provisions from the wealthy.
He was only a tramp found dead on the street.
Despite his humanity, he met a tragic end as an ignored and neglected person.
He was some mother's darlin', he was some mother's son;
He was someone beloved to a mother, a son, with a past of youth and fairness.
Once he was fair, and once he was young.
Emphasizing his former beauty and youth, highlighting the contrast with his neglected, tragic end.
Some mother rocked him, her little baby, to sleep;
A mother cared for him in infancy, yet the outcome was abandonment and a tragic death.
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
Reiterating the tragic fate of someone who was once cherished.
Jesus who died on calvary's tree.
Repetition of the crucifixion of Jesus on Calvary.
Shed his life's blood for you and for me.
His sacrifice was for all, shedding blood for humanity.
They pierced his side, his hands and his feet.
Detailing the wounds inflicted during crucifixion.
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
Despite the sacrifice, the treatment was akin to abandoning a destitute person.
Jesus, he died on calvary's tree
Reiteration of Jesus' crucifixion at Calvary.
Nails in his hands and nails in his feet.
Re-emphasizing the wounds Jesus endured.
Mary, she rocked him, her little baby to sleep.
Recalls the care of Mary for Jesus as an infant.
But they left him to die like a tramp on the street.
Despite this care, Jesus faced a tragic, abandoned end.
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