In Gloucester Cathedral, on Saturday night 
I came to your flower show, blown like a kite 
And I stood by the tombstones, and gazed at the lights 
On the altar 
And the horse-faced old ladies and tweedy-toned men 
Of county society they came and they went 
With pamphlets and leaflets of Christian events 
For the fall 

But ain't it all just like Jesus 
Crying in the rain? 
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again? 

Oh the half-a-crown programmes on sale at the door 
Were clutched in the teeth of the rich and the poor 
As they swayed in an undertone conscience-free 
Forward together 
And the outstretching hands of the swains of the Lord 
Sold the communing commuters the word 
With LPs of Mary and photos of God 
In the hall 

But ain't it all just like Jesus 
Crying in the rain? 
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again? 

Oh the flowers hushed the air as the columns advanced 
To the clinking of coins in a ritual dance 
On flagstones that ached for a chance of a chance 
Of escaping 
And the mystical statues looked down so depressed 
At the endless possessors becoming possessed 
And the costumed confessors who never confessed 
To the wall 

But ain't it all just like Jesus 
Crying in the rain? 
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again? 

Oh I saw a blue hair-rinse, I saw a black tooth 
I saw a false face in a telephone booth 
And the stark white-faced roses that screamed out the truth 
Of their dying 
And a walrus's dreams and a carpenter's love 
Absorbed like a hand in a great rubber glove 
And flown like a flag over battlefields 
Factories and all 

Ain't it all just like Jesus 
Crying in the rain? 
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again? 

Oh I dodged the collection box choirboy and out 
To the streets where the wind shook my hair with a shout 
And the dusty-faced daisies were blowing about 
So freely 
And Christ in the ruins was wandering again 
As he walked with the beggars and talked to the lame 
And danced with the children and sailors who came 
At his call 

But ain't it all just like Jesus 
Crying in the rain? 
Ain't it all just Gethsemane again? 

Ain't it all just like Jesus 
Crying in the rain? 
Ain't it all just Nazareth again?