Listen to God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) by Etta James

God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)

Etta James

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Etta James

Performer

Trevor Lawrence

Trevor Lawrence

Performer

Jimmie Haskell

Performer

Kenneth Rice

Drums

Chuck Rainey

Bass Guitar

William D. Smith

William D. Smith

Keyboards

Ken Marco

Guitar

King Errisson

Congas

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Randy Newman

Composer

Trevor Lawrence

Trevor Lawrence

Arranger

Jimmie Haskell

String Arranger

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gabriel Mekler

Producer

Trevor Lawrence

Trevor Lawrence

Assistant Producer

Steve Waldman

Engineer

John Arrias

Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

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 that's why I love mankind"

"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

And that's why I love mankind"

The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree

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

Lord, no man is free

The temples that we built to you

Have crumbled down, fallen to the sea

Lord, if you won't take care of us

Please, please let us be?

And the Lord said, and the Lord said, he said

"I burn down your cities, how blind you must be

I take you your children and say how blessed are we

Now you all must be crazy to put your faith in me

And that's why I love mankind, you really need me

That's why I love, I love mankind"

Written by: Randy Newman

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