Lyrics Genesis (In the Beginning) - Don McLean

Genesis (In the Beginning)

In the beginning there was nothingness and God but waved his hand
And from the endless void there sprang the beauty of the land
And high above the canyon walls the diamond stars were new
And breezes blew from nothingness and herbs and grasses grew
And silent creatures roamed the Earth and multiplied their kind
And man was but a molecule that God had left behind
We have grown we have grown, we have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown, but our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning
And mountains sprang and chaos rang the overture of life
And rivers coursed the twisted blade of natures sharpest knife
And cut beneath the rolling dales a gateway to the sea
While tidal waves and mighty gales were heard in symphony
And sunshine fell upon the waves and warmed the virgin land
And from the mud a drop of blood was left upon the sand
We have grown we have grown, we have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown, but our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning
And eagles flew from craggy peaks above the garden wall
The drop of blood became a man, the tree of life grew tall
And perfect in his loneliness, a rib pulled from his chest
Formed a sweet companion of pulchritude and breast
And from the tree of knowledge God said they could not eat
And perfect was their paradise unto the serpent at their feet
We have grown we have grown, we have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown, but our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning
Tree of knowledge, tree of death, upon the ground they trod
The serpent said your eye’s will see and ye will be a god
Defy the word and eat the fruit and ye will never die
And you will chart your destiny and rule the Earth and sky
And man was banished east of Eden.
See what we have lost
For though the father sets the price, the children pay the cost
We have grown we have grown, we have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown, but our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning