Live A Love Of Life

Live A Love Of Life is track seven on the 1992 James album Seven.

It is one of several tracks with lyrics centring on Tim’s interest in religion at the time of the Gulf War, comparing God’s willingness to allow his own son to be crucified with leaders sending their young men out to war in the knowledge that some may not come back.

The song was adopted by a group of Franciscan monks, who, if the story is to believed, offered to come on stage to the song in full regalia. The band declined politely for fear of getting the monks into trouble and inciting problems with religious groups.

The band were banned from performing the song on Channel 4’s Jonathan Ross show because of the lyrical content.

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I don't believe Jesus was a human being
I've never met a prophet whose sheets are clean
Only in a film could he be so cool
But only in life can fathers be so cruel

What in the world are you dreaming of
To sacrifice the son you love
You send your children off to war
As if you care, as if you care

To live your love of life, to live your love of life
To live your love of life, your love of life
Your love of life

Prophets have been sacrificed for common good
What we want slugs it out with what we should
All of these commercials are just teasing greed
Everybody's restless with a deeper need

Open your eyes, and what do you see
A system made to crush our needs
A saviour nailed to every tree
As if you care, as if you care
The prophet said, the prophet said

To live your love of life, to live your love of life
To live your love of life, your love of life
Your love of life, your love of life
Where's your love of life

The prophet said, the prophet said
The profit's here, the profit's here
Where's you're love of life, show me your love of life
Show me your love of life

To sacrifice the son you love
You send your children off to war
As if you care, as if you care