God's Song

[I took the Randy newman lyrics fromthis site and adapted them to the John Martyn version]

Cain slew Abel;

Seth, he knew not why.

For, if the children of Israel were supposed to multiply,

Why must any children die?

So he asked the L-rd.

And the L-rd said:

"Man means nothing,

He means even less to me

Than the lonliest cactus flower

Or the homeless yucca tree.

He chases round the desert - hah!

Chasing after me ('cause he thinks he might find me there).

L-rd, that's why i love mankind

(He's so stupid).

I recoil in horror from the fondness of thee,

From the squalor and the filth; all your misery

Oh, how we laugh up here in Heaven

At the praise you offer me.

That is why i just love mankind - hah!"

The Christians and the Jews,

They had a great, big jamboree.

The Buddhists and the Hindus

Joined in on satellite TV.

They picked the four greatest priests -

They began to speak.

They said:

"Plague is on the world -

L-rd, no man is free.

The temples that we've built to you,

They just tumbled to the sea;

L-rd, if you won't take care of us,

Please let us be!"

And the L-rd said ...

... the L-ord said:

"I burn down your cities:

How blind you must be;

I take away your children:

You say how blessed are thee;

Y'all must be crazy, now, men,

To put your faith in a man like me:

That's why i love you, mankind!

That is why i you,

That's why i love you, mankind!

Hah, ha, ha, haah .."