Jesus Spits

Tom Atwood

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This song is based on the biblical story of Jesus healing the man born blind (John 9:1-41). The vocals were recorded first, on a Boss BR-8 digital recorder. The accompaniment was added using GarageBand.

Acknowledgements to the Rev. Gary Davis, who wrote "I am the Light of the World," and also to "Amazing Grace," and many other hymns I sang growing up that no doubt influenced this song. Best played loud. I hope you are lifted up...

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Lyrics

Jesus spits, spits in the dust,
Spits on a Saturday. Jesus!
Jesus spits, spits in the dust
Spits on a Saturday. Jesus!

I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see

He takes his hands
Mixes up the mud
Puts it on the blind man's eyes
He takes his hands
Mixes up the mud
Puts it on the blind man's eyes.

(Chorus)
Just as long as I'm in this world
I'm the light of the world.
Just as long as I'm in this world
I am the light of the world.

Jesus told the blind man
'Wash your eyes'
Wash them in light of God. Jesus told the blind man
'Wash your eyes'
Wash them in the light of God.

I once was lost
But now I'm found
Was blind but now I see.

The blind man sees,
He sees the light
He was fixed by the love of God.
The blind man sees,
He sees the light,
He was fixed by the love of God
He was fixed by the love of God, etc

(Chorus)

The Pharisees came
Shook their heads
No healing on the Sabbath day!
The Pharisees came
Shook their heads
No healing on the Sabbath day!

'Was this man blind?
Who healed this man?
Who did this job?
Healing on the Sabbath day!'
No healing on the Sabbath
Healing on the Sabbath
Healing on the Sabbath day!

(Chorus)

Wash your eyes!
See the light!
Wash your eyes!
See the light!

We've been fixed by the love of God
We've been fixed by the love of God
We've been fixed by the love of God...

Song Stats

Hits: 2359
Comments: 27
Fans: 6
Plays: 367
Downloads: 125
Votes: 32
Uploaded: Mar 21, 2005 - 11:57:17 AM
Last Updated: Mar 24, 2005 - 07:23:56 AM Last Played: Oct 24, 2009 - 10:00:25 PM

Song License

Creative Commons License:
Attribution-NoDerivs-NonCommercial

Song Actions

Hardware:

Casio Privia PX-300
Boss BR-8 digital recorder
G5

Software:

GarageBand

Comments

said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)

Ambitious Gospel song...

I am listening on small computer speakers at work.
From what I can hear this sounds pretty good. Tight
harmonies, lively gospel tradition. Am I picking up
a piano there? I like this. Nice change from the
standard approaches in christian music. Are you
familiar with Take 5? As I remember they did (do)
a capella with a lot of harmoies. I like the weaving in
of the "Amazing Grace" lines. Nice touch.

Jack

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Ambitious Gospel song... Thanks Jack. I have listened to Take 6, but more than that group I was influenced by the Fairfield Four. I had the chance to meet them--and interview them for a news story--in 1992. I recommend listening to "The Last Month of the Year." What a great song. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

mandolinquent	mandolinquent said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Halelujah! Never quite figured out how to spell halelujah, not being of the religious persuasion, but that's lovely. There's a sort of manic gospel fervour in there, with all the spitting and blindness... excellent harmonies - even that slide on "Jesus" hangs together brilliantly. Very exciting. A 10 for performance. Check out my latest song called Had We But World Enough

12m	12m said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Hallelujah 9-9-9-9.... Lovely, love the blending of the pianos, and the chorus..Is this all u vocally? sounds like it, lovely... Had fun listenin..."we've been fixed by the love of god" Check out my latest song called Understand my culture

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Hallelujah Thanks. 'Gospel fervor' is what I was going for here. I did do all the vocals. With the 'choir' there are ten vocal tracks altogether. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

Peter Greenstone	Peter Greenstone said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	It's grown on me Much enjoyed. It does have a lot of that holy spirit energy in it. I'm not a Christian but I do enjoy a good spiritual jam. Check out my latest song called From Nothing

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	It's grown on me Thanks Peter. (And thanks for the comments yesterday on the 1st version I posted with the 'rhythmic disturbance.' It was your comments that convinced me to pull the work-in-progress and fix it instead.) Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

	said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Bravo That's quite a set of vocal performances you've got here. Very excellent, energetic, tight, uplifting. Where's the sound of the congregation providing the hand-clapped rhythm? ;)

said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)

The power of spittle
Wow! This is great. That's contemporary Christianity!
Wonderful polyphony. I like the overlays of swinging
rhythms...creates some real excitement!

Allow me to share a poem I wrote relating to the spittle of
Jesus:

Silent One

The One who knows me best is the One who is silent.

Ah, the silence of God!
It has troubled the philosopher
as much as it has the neighborhood roofer
who fell off the roof and was never the same.

I spat on the ground
and rubbed the spittle into the dirt with my toes,
bright sunlight illuminating.

Jesus used such a mud paste to cure a blind man,
directly intervening in the life of a soul,
affecting the decisions of countless believers thereafter,
far less silent than his Father,
about as intrusive as that Spirit-Thing.

But I didn't use my mud paste for anything.
I didn't know how to effect a miracle with mud.
I was content to simply gaze upon the earth
as the summer sun caressed my being.

And I shouted, "My, how good this sensory impression
feels!"

And God was listening.
And God agreed
as he quietly kept watching
the lathe of creation turn itself.

http://www.schletty.com/indwellings.html#silentone

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	The power of spittle Thanks for posting this poem, Richard. I'll email you... Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

bronco	bronco said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Another Atwood Classic Great job! Sounds like the Gospel tent at the New Orleans Jazz Festival. Although there are many who might say I am not a very religious man, I do love religious music and especially black gospel. I heard a lot of that growing up. The thing that always struck me was that this kind of music made religion fun!!! Check out my latest song called Strange Feeling

aclarke	aclarke said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	Ahhh! This was loads of fun to listen to! Great job... awesome singing and arrangement! Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki

thetiler	thetiler said 1708 days ago (March 21st, 2005)
	nice harmonies Nice tune. Good harmonies. Lots of nice stuff going on. thanks much for sharing Check out my latest song called The Bluebird Cafe (with two other guest)

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 1708 days ago (March 22nd, 2005)

Not just spitting into the wind
Not just spitting into the wind with this one. Love the
central image: spitting into the dust to heal... or create
life. I also like the juxtaposition of "I was once blind" and
"was this man blind?" Your vocals are so honest and
intimate, so natural and folksy. And there is no hiss or
hum, which is a trick. This track is full of life, has an
endearing cute factor, and is really entertaining. The
inspiration it supplies is wonderful too.

Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

Del	Del said 1707 days ago (March 22nd, 2005)
	Amen All you need is the tent and the lemonaide (vodka flasks optional) and the meeting can begin! What a great way to start the day. Check out my latest song called The Androgyne

Iseae	Iseae said 1707 days ago (March 22nd, 2005)
	Great! Great gospel sound! Loved the lyrics. Great skill and production in this piece. Check out my latest song called Vickys Song

	said 1707 days ago (March 22nd, 2005)
	4x9 reminds me of my childhood. Very cool. Thanks so much for sharing it here.

Truth42	Truth42 said 1706 days ago (March 23rd, 2005)
	Fantastic This is really, really good. Excellent vocals. Very high quality. Well done! Check out my latest song called Hide And Seek

packosmokes	packosmokes said 1705 days ago (March 24th, 2005)
	Jesus spittin' the smooth sounds in a barbershop. Wonderful, heheh! It sounds great, puts a smile on my face and is definitely inspirational. This is the kinda' stuff you should hear more of in Christian music. Most is so sad and drole. Heavenly! Check out my latest song called With You

Tom Atwood

Tom Atwood said 1705 days ago (March 24th, 2005)

Jesus spittin' the smooth sounds in a barbershop.
Thanks Pack. I thought about asking you to collaborate with me on this. You
would be a perfect voice for the Pharisees ("Was this man blind? Who healed
this man?") I thought a second voice would help sort things out, cause it gets
a little complicated vocally in the midst of all that fervor.

Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

_nderscore	_nderscore said 1704 days ago (March 25th, 2005)
	lightness, clarity the straightforward simplicity lends itself well to the message, i think. really nice job putting all of the vocals together. the music seems to work as the background instead of playing the dominant part. great tune Check out my latest song called glyd

schroter

schroter said 1700 days ago (March 29th, 2005)

Man, this is good!!
You're really on to something here. I don't think I'll be
able to approach song writing the same way after listening
to this. The rhythm, the harmony... I'm seriously
inspired. The beginning of the piece has a 'moby-like'
quality that I love, but is of course uniquely your own.
You definitely put a smile on Jesus' face with this one,
Tom.

Check out my latest song called All Who Are Thirsty

EdensEve	EdensEve said 1683 days ago (April 16th, 2005)
	Heart of a child I really enjoy your voice. Don't take this wrong, but it reminds me of children's folksingers, like guys who come to elementary schools and entertain so well, making everyone smile and breathing happiness into the crowd. I wish you'd have come to my school, that's for sure.

bjack	bjack said 1674 days ago (April 24th, 2005)
	I like your music I can hear the congregation jumping up and down and participating on this one. You have a talent for making songs that make people happy. Please keep it up. Check out my latest song called Especially 4 U

perceptualvortex	perceptualvortex said 1598 days ago (July 9th, 2005)
	Amazing Lively, passionate singing is what I love about gospel music, and that's all over this song. Your harmonies are always really solid, with a good barbershop sound. Being godless, the story here sounds kind of bizarre, but I like it for that. Check out my latest song called Machine Man (w Beastie Boys)

Tom Atwood	Tom Atwood said 1598 days ago (July 9th, 2005)
	Amazing PV, think of it as a story of being made whole by love. Perfect love. Glad you took time to listen to this one from the vault... --- . Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)

blindsidedpoets	blindsidedpoets said 186 days ago (May 21st, 2009)
	Jesus Spits Great Tune! Wonderful vocal work and writing! I'm so happy this popped up in the player! Check out my latest song called Sorry (Bracelet of Hope Version)

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Name: Tom Atwood

I guess I could be a 'poster child' for MacJams. I joined the site on New Year's Eve 2004, after several years of not making much music at all. A long dry spell. Since then, I have posted more than 50 songs here, collaborated with some wonderful arti... [see more]

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