Music Video
Acoustic guitar cover of Randy Newman's "God's Song (that's why I love mankind)."
Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Randy Newman
Piano
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randy Newman
Songwriter
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why
For if the children of Israel were supposed to multiply
Then why must any of the children die?
[Verse 2]
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
[Verse 3]
He chases round this desert
'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be
That's why I love mankind
[Verse 4]
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
That's why I love mankind
[Verse 5]
The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree
The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
They picked their four greatest priests
And they began to speak
[Verse 6]
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
[Verse 7]
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
[Verse 8]
I burn down your cities, how blind you must be
I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we
Y'all must be crazy to put your faith in me
That's why I love mankind
You really need me
That's why I love mankind
Written by: Randy Newman
