Godsong - The Residents

God never really did like man anyway

At least not after they started walking around on their hind legs

And talking on the telephone, of course poor God’s point of view

Wasn’t easy now (to) understand

He had invented man from dead things

At that time there were no grave yards to rob

So He had been forced to use dead worms, some sea weed

That had laid out on the beach for quite a while

For quite a while

At that time man had four legs and no telephone

A major mistake came when God decided that man should think

A trait that He’d long desired for Himself

What God no doubt intended was

For man to think about Him

And that was important because

God just wanted to be

Just another normal deity

Deity Deity Ty Ty Ty Ty Ty

All that God wanted to be

Was just a normal deity

All that God wanted to be

Was just another normal deity

All that God wanted to be

Was just a deity

Just a normal deity

All that God wanted to be

Just a normal deity

All that God wanted to be

Just a normal deity

All went well for quite a while

Man was a wonderful creature

With long rich engraved face

Four fine legs ending in five mini-legs

And a coat of satiney hair

And large genitals

His thoughts were pure and

Full of wonder

The wonder part was God’s favorite

(at least at first)

Because that’s the part that gave Him

His Identity Identity Identity Identity

Oh, it was so wonderful for God

Man’s… Man’s questions turned to visions

And visions gave God

All kinds of exciting things to do

Someday He would be a God of wrath

Wreaking havoc upon undisciplined mankind

And at other times He’d be a God of love and compassion

Of course these were all things that man had invented

So God had a hard time getting the full grasp

But…

One of His favorite things

Was man’s believing in Him, and then not believing in Him

One of His favorite things

Was man’s believing in Him, and then not believing in Him

Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Believing in Him, Not believing in Him

…Like some hide and seek game

…Over

…And

…Over

…And

…Over and Over

…Believing in Him

…Believing in Him

…Believing in Him

…Not believing in Him…

Not believing in Him?

I think He liked believing in Him much better…

But I’m not sure…