Jesus Was a Mushroom

words and music by Darryl Cherney Jesus Was a Mushroom There was a scholar from England He got a call from the Pope He said “Come on down to the Vatican To analyze the Dead Sea Scrolls“ For twenty years he labored All alone in a little room And when he came out he promptly pronounced That Jesus was a mushroom Chorus: Jesus was a mushroom, uh huh Jesus was a mushroom, uh huh He was a fungus among us Born in a manger’s dung Jesus was a mushroom, uh, huh