Hot L Baltimore

Jesus Christ came back
as the piano player
in a high-class brothel
just outside Baltimore
where the sailors and I.R.S. men
come when they need whores
all the people from His old days
there in a one-stop-shop store
a brothel outside Baltimore

and if the name’s
a thing you must know
it’s called the Hot L
from the old teevee show

and He sang ’til His side ached
and He played ’til His hands bled
in a slightly different way it was
just like the old days
before He was dead

no longer construction contractor
and no longer messiah
giving so much more
than He could afford
just singing and playing
through everyone else’s second comings
this was His reward

and oh Lord
He sang so sweetly