God's Song - John Martyn

[I took the Randy newman lyrics fromthis site and adapted them to the John Martyn version]

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, haah .."