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Mankind
Mike Doughty
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Cain slew Abel and Seth knew not why
For if the children of Israel were supposed to multiply
Then why must any of the children 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 harmless yucca tree
He chases around this desert, 'cause he thinks that's where I'll be
That's why I love mankind
I recoil in horror from the foulness of thee
At 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"
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The Christians and the Jews, they had a jamboree
The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV
They picked their four greatest priests and they began to speak
They said, "Lord, there's a plague upon
The world and Lord, no man is free
The temples we have built you, they have crumbled into the sea
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
"I burn down your cities, how blind you must be
I take away your children and you say, 'How blessed are we?'
Man, you 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"
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