Etta James — Gods Song

[Verse 1] Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why For if the children of Israel were to multiply Why must any of the children, why must they die? So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said: Man means nothing, he means less to me Than the lowliest cactus flower or the humblest yucca tree Chases 'round the desert 'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be And uh, that's why I love mankind I recoil in horror from the foulness of Thee Oh, from the squalor and the filth and the misery How we laugh up here in Heaven at the prayers you offer me And that's why I love mankind Oh, oh [Verse 2] The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree, yeah The Buddhists and the Hindus The Buddhists and the Hindus joined in on satellite TV They picked their four greatest priests And they began to speak And they said: "Lord, a plague is on the world (Oh) Lord, no man is free (Oh) The temples that we built to you (Oh) Have tumbled down, fell into the sea" (Oh) Lord, if you won't take care of us Please, please let us be? And the Lord said (The Lord said) And the Lord said (And the Lord said) He said: I burn down your cities, how blind you must be, ha I take you, your children, and say how blessed are we Now you must all be crazy to put your faith in me [Outro] And that's why I love mankind You really need me That's why I love, I love mankind