ARTIST: Leonard Bernstein TITLE: God Said Lyrics [Mass] God said, Let there be light, and there was God said, Let there be night, and there was God said, Let there be day, and there was Day to follow the night And it was good, brother And it was good, brother And it was good, brother And it was goddam good God said, Let there be storms Storms to bring life in all of its forms Forms such as herds and gaggles and swarms Swarms that have names and numbers and norms And it was good, sister And it was good, sister And it was good, sister And it was goddam good God said, Let there be gnats Let there be sprats to gobble the gnats So that the sprats may nourish the rats Making them fat, fine food for the cats And they grew fat, brother And they grew fat, brother All but the gnats, brother They all grew fearful fat And God saw it was good God made it be good Created it good Created the gnats to nourish the sprats to nurture the rats And all for us big fat cats Us fat cats! God said it's good to be poor Good men must not be secure So if we steal from you It's just to help you stay pure And it was good! And it was good, sister... God said take charge of my zoo I made these creatures for you So he won't mind if we Wipe out a species or two And it was good! And it was good, brother... God said to spread His commands To folks in faraway lands They may not want us there But man it's out of our hands And it was good! And it was good, sister... God said that sex should repulse Unless it leads to results And so we crowd the world Full of consenting adults And it was good! And it was good, brother... God said it's good to be meek And so we are once a week It may not mean a lot But oh, it's terribly chic And it was good! And it was good, sister... God made us the boss God gave us the cross We turned it into a sword To spread the Word of the Lord We use His holy decrees To do whatever we please And it was good, yeah And it was good, yeah And it was goddam good
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