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God's Song Lyrics
Artist: Randy Newman
Album: Sail Away
Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why
For if the children of Israel were to multiply
Why must any of the children die?
So he asked the Lord
And the Lord said:
"Man means nothing he means less to me
than the lowiliest cactus flower
or the humblest yucca tree
he chases round this desert
cause he thinks that's where i'll be
that's why i love mankind
I recoil in horror from the foulness of thee
from the squalor and the filth and the misery
How we laugh up here in heaven at the prayers you offer me
That's why i love mankind"
The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
They picked their four greatest priests
And they began to speak
They said "Lord the plague is on the world
Lord no man is free
The temples that we built to you
Have tumbled into the sea
Lord, if you won't take care of us
Won't you please please let us be?"
And the Lord said
And the Lord said
"I burn down your cities--how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
You must all be crazy to put your faith in me
That's why i love mankind
You really need me
That's why i love mankind"
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Comments/Interpretations
Spot on ... some of Randy Newman's darkest and most disturbing lyrics ... and that's saying a lot!
lekker
This song one my debate in theology. And got me a standing ovation.
Man toils / the Net spoils.
holy shit. this freaks me out. im a strong believer in christ. randy is one messed up person. what the heck happened to little toy story singer
Wow, seriously scary. Gotta love that Randy Newman.
Newman is a typical anti-theistic, leftist who knows nothing of religion and theology.
People get struck by disasters and they thank god and say it's part of his plan. What nonsense. REalist, you can at least take comfort in Newman assigning a voice (thus an existence) to god and having him say he loves mankind - though his expression of love is idle, toying, and almost contemptuous. This song is pretty much on target, saying religion is a mass delusion built on psychological need.
Hi Realist, now that we evolved a little and know that the sun does not rotate around the earth and that the earth is not a flat disc, lets hope that we will also overcome religion some day. Check George Carlin on you-tube on "religion is bullshit" that opened my eyes.
Yeah, take that. You tell'em perflourpolyether, get your religious stance from a drugged up comedian, that should tell'em, speaks volumes. Biggest grin I've had all day, thanks. ;-D
Well said Zinger..
You see, they simply strung up the wrong GUY!! Jesus, though (perhaps) NOT the "son of God", at least had some HUMANITY! But his "Father"? Too chicken to come down and face the music HE made...so cowardly that he had to send his SON to suffer FOR him...Do you ever wonder that Jesus said, "Father, why have you forsaken me?"...Randy Newman, as ALWAYS, got it spot on...and WASN,T afraid to step up to the plate and SAY so!! Bravo!! And if all of the suffering in the world, past and present (think HAITI)is Gods WILL...well, pardon me, but I think that I,ll shop around for a little more compassionate "God"...
I realy like this song
Escuchen la vercion de Etta James, es buenisima.
hahahaha you really make me laugh... however, there's no point in explaining things to you.. and mr. Newman got things all wrong xD lolz
I'm pretty sure just about everyone completely missed the point of the song. It was part of his satire "Sail Away" album, its completely tongue in cheek, and if it's making fun of anyone it would be the people who see or want to see God this way so they have something to blame their problems on
We're going to sing this song in a church next month. I'm quite nervous about that...
The truth is religions have little to do with the existence of a creator being. Even if that being is just performing a science experiment for school. There does seem to be a logical structure to the chaos of all that is. We only understand about 4% of the KNOWN matter in the universe. So that could be an infinitely smaller number if and when we discover new types of matter we wont understand.
Reply to baseballplayer (7/5/09): Maybe Randy Newman wrote this song to help you feel - just a little bit - how Jesus of Nazareth might have felt about humanity.
Believers aren't thinkers...this song is for thinkers.
I agree with Chairman, people talk so much crap. The main lesson taught to us through the ages, humbleness, wasn't learned, everyone here is a god on its own. Yeah if God exists and he is all knowing, if he kills someone there must be a reason then, now you little god says Why does he kills? I don't like him then, so I'm the new god! Oh little people with big egos. "We know now that earth goes around the sun so we must overcome religion". Oh my God! we barely know the moon next to us....
this same sentiment, and you really have to understand the very last line of the song to get it, was expressed by Rumi 900 years ago. it certainly isn't, as some who comment think, an atheistic song. it is beyond the simplistic believer/non-believer split.
its nice
COOL FINE
No one will ever convince me that what I now have in me is something simple people pretend or "want" so much that we make it real in our own minds. It is so much bigger and more knowing and forgiving and peaceful and powerful than all efforts of humans could ever make it. Good grief. If you haven't asked Him to come inside of you and live, you really do just sound quite ignorant. Don't you all realize He never wanted robots? A planet full of bad choices and evil have brought about horrible things. God can bring us through them, but wants no robots. He won't force it. Belittle God all you want. Denying Him, rant at Him, ignore Him. This does not mean He doesn't exist.
good
My take, and let's face it no one really knows, is that God probably exists but we haven't the foggiest idea what it is. And we never will - at least in this life. But it certainly isn't the fairy tales that Newman is mocking here. Great song from one of the most underrated song writers there is.
I hope Mr. Newman wears his Depends undergarment on judgement day!!!!
Really??? Wearing his depends on judgement day?! At least there is actual evidence that depends exist. I, for one will be more than elated when the day comes that the majority of humans have enough common sense and understanding TO ACTUALLY comprehend that believing in imaginary friends is NOT the same as them actually existing. As the saying goes -and YES THIS IS DIRECTED AT THE ABSURD THEISTS... "I'm fairly certain that if I were to slap the stupid out of you there'd be NOTHING left!"
Well done Randy.
Every single comment seems off and most are extremely hostile. Haha, I'm a Christian and I don't see anything offensive about it. At the end of the day it's all about how you view the song. People see the world different, we just need to accept people for who they are. Again, just my humble opinion.
Dude above me is the shit.
Tracy Nelsons' version of this tune rocks like crazy. Love this song! I sing it in the shower all the time.