Traveling in a dried-out country On a police detail with Caesar's army I met a strange Judean -- he made a disturbance And I took my men 'cause the natives were restless And I said Do your job 'cause the man's outnumbered We'd better go and get up there Can't you see that they'll tear him asunder You better run – you better take others. ♪ I rescued the man – it was Paul He goes, Please good sir, we truly must talk I said, Do you speak the right language? He just smiled, he came from a Benjamite family But he said I come from a land far from here With Greek and Romanesque culture Can you please let them hear me once, sir? I said, All right, and let him face the mob a while ♪ Lysius – that is my name And that Paul he had much to say He said Christianity I'm defending Although I once was its grandest enemy But Jesus Spoke to me with a voice like thunder And He did show me I'd blundered Can you help, can you help but wonder Why did I run from everything I was (Yes, people) Listenin' to him I wondered If really Paul was outnumbered 'Cause if he's right and Jesus is up there He's better off -- I'd rather take those odds If you want the chapter number Where we met Paul and went from there In the Book of the Acts -- it's somewhere In 21 through 28 uh huh (People) Listenin' to him I wondered If really Paul was outnumbered 'Cause if he's right and Jesus is up there He's better off – I'd rather take those odds Listenin' to him I wondered If really Paul was outnumbered