Jesus was a man who lived among men
Til he got betrayed by one of them
And surely that must have been the biggest sin
But in his final hour he even forgave him
And what he asked you then
well I now ask you too
Father forgive them for
they know not what they do
For they too have their cross to bear
In your love please let them share
For Jesus would have understood
and brought them home to you
And what he asked you then
well I now ask you too
Father forgive them for they
know not what they do
Now most of us are troubled and cannot understand
Anything that doesn't fall
into our scheme or plan
But we have made the rules
and we must share the blame
For it's we who make outsiders
and we who call them names
So while we're praying for them
what we really ought to do
Is say Father forgive them
but please forgive us too