Now all the graveyards are just empty holes in the ground,
And the obituary columns in the papers are no longer found,
The only bodies that were left in the morgues
belong to roaches and flies,
And funeral homes now have gone out of business
‘cause nobody dies.
When Jesus returns…
When Jesus returns…
When Jesus returns…
No one’s playing solitaire in prison but the wardens and guards,
And now the only policing that cops do is at home in their yards,
All the locksmiths are out looking
for something they can do with their time,
Since people don’t need their services now
‘cause there’s not any crime.
When Jesus returns…
When Jesus returns…
When Jesus returns…
Chorus: When Jesus returns,
all of creation will tell a new story,
When Jesus returns,
all of the world will undergo a new birth,
When Jesus returns,
His kingdom will come in power and glory,
When Jesus returns,
His will will be done all over the earth.
The makers of weapons found out what it’s like to be poor,
We gave the hungry the bread that we once spent
preparing for war,
Things are tough on the lawyers,
people just don’t want to argue their rights,
Now all the boxers have taken up ballet
‘cause nobody fights.
The doctors had to sell their Mercedes
and start riding bikes,
And now the only ones with personal problems these days
are the “psyches,”
All the hospitals had to shut down
due to the financial squeeze,
When all their patients got up and went home
‘cause there’s no more disease.
When Jesus returns…
When Jesus returns…
When Jesus returns…
