Mankind (Originally By Randy Newman)-Mike Doughty

[ti:Mankind (Originally By Randy Newman)] [ar:Mike Doughty] [al:The Flip Is Another Honey] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mankind (Originally By Randy Newman) - Mike Doughty [00:10.17]Cain slew Abel Seth knew not why [00:14.01] [00:15.91]For if the children of Israel were to multiply [00:20.55] [00:21.93]Why must any of the children die [00:27.14]So he asked the Lord [00:28.87]And the Lord said: [00:31.86]Man means nothing he means less to me [00:36.20] [00:37.89]Than the lowliest cactus flower [00:40.37]Or the humblest Yucca tree [00:42.07] [00:44.02]He chases round this desert [00:46.18]'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be [00:48.33] [00:50.69]That's why I love mankind [00:52.20] [00:56.78]I recoil in horror from the foulness of thee [01:01.78] [01:02.80]From the squalor and the filth and the misery [01:06.93] [01:08.21]How we laugh up here [01:09.59]In heaven at the prayers you offer me [01:13.33] [01:15.58]That's why I love mankind [01:18.48] [01:25.01]The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree [01:29.60] [01:30.93]The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV [01:35.19] [01:36.92]They picked their four greatest priests [01:39.26]And they began to speak [01:41.14]They said "Lord a plague is on the world [01:43.56] [01:44.79]Lord no man is free [01:48.23]The temples that we built to you [01:50.52]Have tumbled into the sea [01:52.41] [01:53.30]Lord if you won't take care of us [01:56.15]Won't you please please let us be " [01:59.01] [01:59.55]And the Lord said [02:00.93] [02:02.00]And the Lord said [02:04.19] [02:06.88]I burn down your cities - how blind you must be [02:11.19] [02:12.81]I take from you your children [02:14.23]And you say how blessed are we [02:17.29] [02:18.53]You all must be crazy to put your faith in me [02:23.47] [02:25.77]That's why I love mankind [02:28.08] [02:28.63]You really need me [02:30.23] [02:31.89]That's why I love mankind