God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) [Live]

Randy Newman

[Intro]
Um, this is a song in which God is going to speak to all of you through me
It's a surprise
You know, you would have thought McCartney had a bigger audience
Or Phil Collins
Arctic Monkeys, who the hell knows?
But, uh, I've been chosen, and he, uh
He wants you to send eight dollars to Enid, Oklahoma
To the Newman Scholarship Fund for Crippled Squirrels

[Verse 1]
Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why
For if the children of Israel were supposed to multiply
Then why must any of the children die?
So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said:

[Verse 2]
"Man means nothing, he means lеss to Me
Than the lowliest cactus flowеr 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

[Verse 3]
"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"

[Verse 4]
The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
The Buddhists and the Hindu joined on satellite TV
They picked their four greatest priests
And they began to speak

[Verse 5]
They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world, Lord, no man is free
The temples that we built to you 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:

[Verse 6]
"I burn down your cities, how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say, 'How blessed are we?'
You all must be crazy to put your faith in Me
That's why I love mankind
You really need Me
That's why I love mankind"

[Outro]
Thank you

Trivia about the song God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) [Live] by Randy Newman

When was the song “God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) [Live]” released by Randy Newman?
The song God’s Song (That’s Why I Love Mankind) [Live] was released in 2011, on the album “Live in London ”.

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