Story Behind The Song

I was so taken by the bravery that it took for these nuns to go to prison for such a noble cause, I wanted to make more people aware of them. I thought that that is why they did what they did, to bring public attention to the bomb

Song Description

3 nuns went to prison for 3 years for protesting a nuclear weapon, the question that the song asks is, if Jesus passed our way today, would he be put away?

Lyrics

Three nuns?
Three nuns armed with simple tools on a cool October morn
Broke into a US weapons site as a protest of the war
They drew 6 crosses with their blood to expose a nuclear bomb
Then they waited praying???.and singing biblical songs?..
what if jesus passed our way today

The bomb they tried exposing is illegal under world law
They planned to draw attention to the devastation they foresaw
The Hiroshima bomb was just a fraction of the strength
This bomb could wipe out millions poison the earth years hence ?..
what if jesus passed our way today

They were arrested, charged and jailed for obstructing national defense
After all they had used cutters to open up the fence
So a guilty verdict was returned to the sisters in that way?
With three to five years being the time, that they would be put away
If jesus passed our way today, would he be put away

So were they really criminals, was jesus in his day?
Like him they were upholding peace and got in a leaders way
If Jesus passed our way today, would he be put away?
Or would our leaders let him speak, or would he be silenced again?

What would Jesus have to say ? about that lethal bomb
Would he like the sisters, ( try to) show that it was wrong
Or would he have sat back quietly, and let this all go on
You can see the answer, in this biblical psalm

?They shall beat their swords to plowshares
Their spears into pruning hooks
Nations shall not pick up swords against nations
Nor train for war any more ?

if Jesus passed our way today, would he be put away