No, we don't need no manger
in the market.
No manger in this market
for no Messiah.
We got too many Marys hanging round with baby on breast begging for bread.
We got Santa Claus and Nike and KFC
Don't need no Christ-child bouncing on knee.
No, we don't need no manger
in the market.
No manger in this market
for no Messiah.
We got too many Marys hanging round with baby on breast begging for bread.
Christmas time is profit, man,
bottom-line your wager.
Go to the mission, man and set up
your manger.
And take all these Marys with you; they only get in the way!
No, we don't need no manger
in the market.
No manger in this market
for no Messiah.
We got too many Marys hanging round with baby on breast begging for bread.
– written while on mission work in Guyana.
