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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"

Comments/Interpretations
by David A. on 9/30/2008 10:30am Spot on ... some of Randy Newman's darkest and most disturbing lyrics ... and that's saying a lot!
by tillzen on 12/1/2008 7:24pm Disturbing? I'd say comforting! Were there a "God", they'd find us ridiculous.
by bonny on 1/3/2009 2:51pm wow that a good song i ever heard.
by jens uvijn on 1/20/2009 1:07pm lekker
by PeaceMaker on 2/12/2009 4:34pm This song one my debate in theology. And got me a standing ovation.
by tillzen on 5/7/2009 9:47am Man toils / the Net spoils.
by baseballplayer on 7/5/2009 1:10am 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
by Kobble on 7/6/2009 6:26pm Wow, seriously scary. Gotta love that Randy Newman.
by Realist on 9/13/2009 5:02pm Newman is a typical anti-theistic, leftist who knows nothing of religion and theology.
by zinger on 10/12/2009 10:21pm 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.
by lithiumdeuteride on 10/18/2009 11:18pm What happened to the Toy Story singer? Well, this song came out in 1972, and Toy Story was released in 1995. I'd say he got soft in his old age, if anything.

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