Edward Riederich
Jesus the Genie
If you attend churchÂ
The preacher pitchesÂ
Out will pop JesusÂ
Granting three wishesÂ
He requires nothingÂ
He is not a meanieÂ
He grants you what you wantÂ
It's Jesus the genieÂ
Three wishes grantedÂ
You can even have moreÂ
Then after SundayÂ
Just store Him in the drawerÂ
Give tithes to the churchÂ
And then rub the pew
Watch Jesus appearÂ
And He will work for youÂ
See you are His bossÂ
You master the divineÂ
Then just mail HimÂ
A 10-99Â
When it is convenientÂ
You can pray and look upÂ
Then Jesus will emerge
From the communion cup
Modern Jesus is coolÂ
He wears a hip beanieÂ
No sacrifice neededÂ
He's only a genieÂ
You can sing some songsÂ
You can still live awfulÂ
The genie does not seeÂ
He stays in His bottleÂ
It's another JesusÂ
A man made creationÂ
He is made a genieÂ
By imaginationsÂ
In the gospel todayÂ
The Word we pick and chooseÂ
So we have a JesusÂ
That's easy to confuseÂ
Jesus the genieÂ
Yeah He doesn't existÂ
In the American churchÂ
Truth has been dismissedÂ