Lyrics God's Song - John Martyn

God's Song

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, hah»