(Priest)   Good Caiaphas   The council waits for you   The Pharisees and priests   Are here for you      (Caiaphas)   Ah gentlemen, you know why we are here   With not much time, and quite a problem here      (Crowd outside)   Hosanna! Superstar!      (Annas)   Listen to that howling mob   Of blockheads in the street   A trick or two with lepers   And the whole town's on its feet      He is dangerous!   (Crowd outside)   Jesus Christ, Superstar   (Priests)   He is dangerous!   (Crowd outside)   Tell us that you are who they say you are      (Priests)   That man is in town right now   To whip up some support   A rabble rousing mission   That I think we must abort   He is dangerous      (Crowd)   Jesus Christ, Superstar      (Priests)   He is dangerous   Look Caiaphas   They are right outside our yard   Quick Caiaphas   Go call the Roman guard      (Caiaphas)   No wait, we need a more permanent solution to our problem.      (Annas)   What then to do about Jesus of Nazareth?   Miracle wonderman, pilgrim or fools      (Priest)   No riots, no army, no fighting, no slogans      (Caiaphas)   One thing to say for him, Jesus is cool      (Annas)   We dare not leave him to his own devices   His half-witted fans will get out of control      (Priest)   But how can we stop him, his glamour increases   With every minute, he's top of the pole      (Caiaphas)   I see bad things arising   The crowd crown him King   Which the Romans would ban   I see blood and destruction   Our elimination because of one man   Blood and destruction   Because of one man   Because because because of one man   Our elimination because of one man   Because because because of one cause of one cause of one man   (Priests)   What then to do about this Jesus mania?   How do we deal with the carpenter king?   Where do we start with a man who is bigger   Than John was when John did his baptism thing?      (Caiaphas)   Fools! You have no perception   The stakes we are gambling   Are frighteningly high   We must crush him completely   So like John before him   This Jesus must die   For the sake of the nation   This Jesus must die   Must die, must die   This Jesus must die So like John before him   This Jesus must die   Must die, must die   This Jesus must Jesus must Jesus must die