Jesus Christ Superstar
Authors:
Andrew Lloyd Webber – music, orchestration, musical direction
Tim Rice – lirics
The singers:
Judas Iscariot – Murray Head
Jesus Christ – Ian Gillan
Mary Magdalene – Ivonna Elliman
Pontius Pilate – Barry Dennen
King Herod – Mike D'Abo
Peter – Paul Devis
Caiaphas, High Priest – Victor Brox
Priest – Paul Raven
Annas – Brain Keith
Simon Zealotes – John Gustafson
Maid by the Fire – Annette Brox
ACT-I
Heaven on their minds.
JUDASMy mind is clearer now – at last all too wellI can see where we all soon will beIf you strip away the myth from the manYou will see where we all soon will beJesus! You've started to believeThe things they say of youYou really do believeThis talk of God is trueAnd all the good you've doneWill soon get swept awayYou've begun to matter moreThan the things you sayListen Jesus I don't like what I seeAll I ask is that you listen to meAnd remember – I've been your right hand man all alongYou have set them all on fireThey think they've found the new MessiahAnd they'll hurt you when they find they're wrongI remember when this whole thing beganNo talk of God then – we called you a manAnd believe me – my admiration for you hasn't diedBut every word you say todayGets twisted round some other wayAnd they'll hurt you if they think you've liedNazareth your famous son should have stayed a great unknownLike
