Everything's alright.

MARY MAGDALENETry not to get worried try no to turn on toProblems that upset you oh don't you knowEverything's alright yes everything's fineJESUSAnd I think I shall sleep well tonightLet the world turn without me tonightMARY MAGDALENEClose your eyes close year eyesAnd forget all about us tonight

I don't know how to love him?

MARY MAGDALENEI don't know how to love himWhat to do how to move himI've been changed yes really changedIn these past few days when I've seen myselfI seem like someone elseI don't know how to take thisI don't see why he moves meHe's a man he's just a manAnd I've had so many men beforeIn very many waysHe's just one moreShould I bring him down Should I scream and shoutShould I speak of love Let my feelings outI never thought I'd come to this -What's it all aboutDon't you think it's rather funnyI should be in this positionI'm the one who's always beenSo calm so cool, no lover's foolRunning every showHe scares me soI never thought I'd come to this -What's it all aboutYet if he said he loved meI'd be lost I'd be frightenedI couldn't cope just couldn't copeI'd turn my head I'd back awayI wouldn't want to knowHe scares me soI want him soI love him so

Damned for all time. / Blood money.

Jerusalem, Tuesday

JUDASNow if I help you it matters that you seeThese sordid kind of things are coming hard to meIt's taken me some time to work out what to doI weighed the whole thing up before I came to youI have no thought at all about my own rewardI really didn't come here of my own accordJust don't say I'mDamned for all timeI came because I had to I'm the one who sawJesus can't control it like he did beforeAnd furthermore I know that Jesus thinks so tooJesus wouldn't mind that I was here with youI have no thought at all about my own rewardI really didn't come here of my own accordJust don't say I'mDamned for all timeAnnas you're a friend a wordly man and wiseCaiaphas my friend I know you sympathiseWhy are we the prophets? Why are we the ones?Who see the sad solution – know what must be doneI have no thought at all about my own rewardI really didn't come here of my own accordJust don't say I'mDamned for all timeANNASCut the protesting forget the excusesWe want information get up off the floorCAIAPHASWe have the papers we need to arrest himYou know his movements – we know the lawANNASYour help in this matter won't go unrewardedCAIAPHASWe'll pay you in silver – cash on the nailWe just need to know where the soldiers can find himANNASWith no crowd around himCAIAPHASThen we can't fail***JUDASI don't need your blood money!CAIAPHASOh that doesn't matter our expenses are goodJUDASI don't want your blood money!ANNASBut you might as well take it – we think that you shouldCAIAPHASThink of the things you can do with that moneyChoose any charity – give to the poorWe've noted your motives we've noted your feelingsThis isn't blood money – it's a fee nothingFee nothing, fee nothing more.JUDAS On Thursday night you'll find him where you want himFar from the crowds in the Garden of GethsemaneCHOIRWell done JudasGood old Judas

ACT-II

The last supper.

Thursday Night

APOSTLESLook at all my trials and tribulationsSinking in a gentle pool of wineDon't disturb me now I can see the answersTill this evening is this morning life is fineAlways hoped that I'd be an apostleKnew that I would make it if I triedThen when we retire we can write the gospelsSo they'll still talk about us when we've diedJESUSThe end ...Is just a little harder when brought about by friendsFor all you care this wine could be my bloodFor all you care this bread could be my bodyThe end!This is my blood you drinkThis is my body you eatIf you would remember me when you eat and drink ...I must be mad thinking I'll be remembered – yesI must be out of my head!Look at your blank faces! My name will mean nothingTen minutes after I'm dead!One of you denies meOne of you betrays me -APOSTLESNot I! Who would? Impossible!JESUSPeter will deny me in just a few hoursThree time will deny me – and that's not all I seeOne of you here dining, one of my twelve chosenWill leave to betray me -JUDASCut out the dramatics! You know very well who -JESUSWhy don't you go do it?JUDASYou want me to do it!JESUSHarry they are waitingJUDASIf you knew why I do it ...JESUSI don't care why you do it!JUDASTo think I admired youFor now I despise youJESUSYou liar – you JudasJUDASYou want me to do it!What if I just stayed hereAnd ruined your ambition?Christ you deserve it!JESUSHurry you fool, hurry and go,Save me your speeches, I don't want to know – Go!APOSTLESLook at all my trials and tribulationsSinking in a gentle pool of wineWhat's that in the bread it's gone to my headTill this morning is this evening life is fineAlways hoped that I'd be an apostleKnew that I would make it if I triedThen when we retire we can write the gospelsSo they'll all talk about us when we've diedJUDASYou sad pathetic man – see where you've brought us toOur ideals die around us all because of youAnd now the saddest cut of all -Someone has to turn you inLike a common criminal, like a wounded animalA jaded mandarinA jaded mandarinA jaded faded mandarinJESUSGet out! They're waiting! They're waiting for you!JUDASEverytime I look at you I don't understandWhy you let the things you did get so out of handYou'd have managed better if you'd had it planned -APOSTLESLook at all my trials and tribulationsSinking in a gentle peal of wineDon't disturb me now I can see the answersTill this evening is this morning life is fineAlways hoped that I'd be an apostleKnew that I would make it if I triedThen when we retire we can write the gospelsSo they'll still talk about us when we've diedJESUSWill no-one stay awake with me?Peter? John? James?Will none of you wait with me?Peter? John? James?