Randy Newman

Cain slew Abel;
Seth knew not why.
For if the.
Children of Israel,
Were to multi-ply;
Why must any of,
The child-ren die?
So he asked the Lord,
And the Lord said;
Chorus 1:
Man means nothing,
He means less to me,
Than the lowliest,
Cactus flower,
Or the humblest Yucca tree.
He chases round this desert,
'Cos he thinks,
That's where I'll be;
That's why I love man-kind.
I recoil in horror,
From the foul-ness of thee.
From the squalor and the filth,
And the mise-ry.
How we laugh up in here in heaven,
At the prayers you offer me;
That's why I love man-kind.
Verse 2:
The Christians and the Jews,
Were having a jamboree,
The Buddhists and the Hindu's,
Joined on satellite TV.
They picked their,
Four greatest priests,
And they be-gan to speak;
They said;
"Lord, a 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;
Chorus 2:
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 man-kind;
You really need me,
That's why I love man-kind.
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)