God's Song - John Martyn

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»