The Big Call by Michael Bradfute
Performed by Amos Torres & Esther Jamison

Jesus came in through the back door
His cell phone in his hand
You could tell from his face and the look in his eye
He got the big call from the man.

Mary came in from the front porch
Saw Jesus standing there at the door
She said don't cry baby oh my lover please don't cry
You know we've been through this before.

I ain't crying for nothing
I ain't crying for me
I'm just crying 'cause all this dying's
Such a sad part of everyone's dream.

Back in the days of my missing years
When I set out for yonder star
I flew down to the mountains south of New Orleans
On the wings of my blue guitar.

There I met the oldest man
Who had been there all along
In his eyes were a thousand worlds
And each one was a song.

In his heart was a mansion
Where I lived twenty years in a cave
There I could see all the way back to Memphis
Way beyond past eternity's grave.

For twenty-one years I was silent
For twenty-one years I was gone
For twenty-one years I cried and I cried
And the rest of my life's been a song.

Well Mary these days ain't no-one will listen
Though they'll rest for a while in your shade
I've been called back to the Big blue sky
Where the hearts of all lovers are made.

So Mary tell all the people I'm leaving
And after a while when I'm gone
Won't you show them the nails in
the days of their lives
And hum a few bars from my song.