[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 .."