(God) Advice To A Friend-Ian Hunter

[ti:(God) Advice To A Friend] [ar:Ian Hunter] [al:Once Bitten Twice Shy] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00](God) Advice To A Friend - Ian Hunter [00:18.32]God said to me "Gonna kick your ass [00:21.51] [00:22.20]Cos all you do is ask ask ask All that [00:27.51]Energy looking for me when [00:30.76]I'm sitting here inside you [00:33.20]Plain to see How I built you cell [00:37.82]For cell gave you sights to see [00:41.01]Gave you tales to tell [00:42.82] [00:43.76]Even let you help yourself for a while [00:47.89]To take some weight off this busy child" [00:51.32] [00:56.26]I said to God "I found you out [01:00.01] [01:00.89]I know what this world is all about " [01:03.83] [01:04.89]God said "Stop - don't scramble your brain [01:08.58] [01:09.14]My opponent's been messing you around again [01:12.51] [01:13.64]See him and me are enemies [01:17.33]And we play little games for galaxies [01:20.14] [01:22.08]And he's inside you [01:23.76]N I am too so here we are [01:27.70]Just the three of you" [01:29.61] [01:34.62]"Oh we made mistakes too many cards [01:37.55]But making human beings can be hard [01:42.12] [01:43.30]A God gets tired of playing so much chess [01:46.68] [01:47.37]He wishes his God would get him out of his mess" [01:51.05] [01:51.68]I said to God "What's it like to die" [01:54.68] [01:55.55]He said "It's as plain as the sea and sky [01:59.05] [02:00.30]Conception was him and me and you [02:03.05] [02:04.05]When your batteries fade we all just move on" [02:07.80] [02:12.80]I said to God "Who's winning this game [02:16.74]Is the devil in front" [02:18.49]He said "Is that his name [02:20.74]You know I've been so busy I never asked [02:24.30] [02:25.37]I never looked up from this awesome task" [02:28.55] [02:29.68]I said to God "What's good 'n bad" He said [02:34.24]"It's just something you've got to have [02:37.24] [02:38.06]It don't mean nothing to us up here [02:41.05]But your primitive people [02:44.06]You gotta have fear" [02:45.68] [02:50.68]I said to God "Do I think for myself" [02:53.68] [02:54.49]He said I told you once you just help yourself [02:58.24] [02:59.49]Don't forget you're composed of three [03:02.80] [03:03.42]Your thinking comes from him and me" [03:06.61] [03:07.24]I said to God "How big are you [03:10.80] [03:11.61]Is there a religion - is it true [03:15.05] [03:15.80]How big's the universe - is time [03:19.38] [03:20.07]The same for you as my life is to mine" [03:23.75] [03:28.44]God said "If all the things [03:30.13]That made worlds float [03:32.19] [03:32.69]Were all to part - then you would note [03:36.13] [03:37.07]The size of him and the size of me [03:40.26] [03:41.19]And that's how big we both shall be" [03:44.44] [03:45.63]He said "The universe is small [03:49.00] [03:49.56]Just like some fortune-teller's ball [03:52.82] [03:53.63]And we both sit down - and we play the game [03:57.57]When somebody wins it all starts again" [04:00.94] [04:06.63]"There's no religion - you did that [04:09.38] [04:11.07]It helps to keep your little leaders fat [04:13.63] [04:14.51]Like faith 'n superstition stay [04:17.82] [04:19.00]To help you pass the time away [04:21.87] [04:22.74]But when you talk of time and life [04:26.11] [04:26.80]It makes me think of circles heights [04:30.67] [04:31.30]Expansion is the clue [04:33.87]Your dreams [04:35.11]Are nearer than you've ever been" [04:38.78] [04:47.85]"You see my little toy to think [04:51.16] [04:52.04]Is from two bowls of wine to drink [04:55.35] [04:56.22]Don't take too much or you may drown [04:59.66] [05:00.47]Behave yourself - see you around "