Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is a singer/songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist who is notable for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for his many film scores.
Newman is noted for his practice of writing lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own biography. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.
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...GOD'S SONG (THAT'S WHY I LOVE MANKIND) by Randy Newman -----------------------------------------................
*from 'Sail Away' (1972)*
*CAPO 3rd FRET*
(Original Key: Cm)
Intro:
Am
Verse 1:
Am Cain slew Abel; Seth knew not why. DmAm For if the children of Israel, were 'sposed to multiply; E7AmE7Am Why must any of the child-ren die? E7 So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said;
Chorus 1:
AmE7AmE7AmA7 Man means nothing; he means less to me. DmA7DmA7Dm Than the lowliest cactus flower, or the humblest Yucca tree. AmE7AmC7F7 He chases round this desert, 'cos he thinks that's where I'll be; AmE7AmE7 That's why I love mankind.
AmE7AmE7AmA7 I recoil in horror, from the foulness of thee. DmA7DmA7Dm From the squalor and the filth, and the mise-ry. AmE7AmC7F7 How we laugh up in here in heaven, at the prayers you offer me; AmE7Am That's why I love mankind.
Verse 2:
Am The Christians and the Jews, were having a jamboree, DmAm The Buddhists and the Hindu's, joined on satellite TV. E7 They picked their four greatest priests, AmE7Am And they be-gan to speak. They said; Am "Lord, a plague is on the world; Lord, no man is free. DmAm The temples that we built to you, have tumbled into the sea. E7AmE7Am Lord, if you won't take care of us, won't you please, please let us be?" AmE7CE7 And the Lord said... and the Lord said;
Chorus 2:
AmE7AmE7AmA7 I burn down your cities; how blind you must be. DmA7DmA7Dm I take from you your children, and you say; "how blessed are we". AmE7AmC7F7 You all must be crazy, to put your faith in me; AmE7AmDm That's why I love man-kind; you really need me. AmE7Am That's why I love mankind.