Ian Hunter: "God" Lyrics

(ian hunter)



God said to me "gonna kick your ass - 'cos all you do is ask ask ask

All that energy looking for me when i'm sitting here inside you - plain to see

How i built you cell for cell gave you sights to see - gave you tales to tell

Even let you help yourself for a while - to take some weight off this busy child"



I said to god "i found you out - i know what this world is all about!"

God said "stop - don't scramble your brain - my opponent's been messing you around again

See him and me are enemies and we play little games for galaxies

And he's inside you - 'n i am too - so here we are - just the three of you"



"oh we made mistakes - too many cards - but making human beings can be hard

A god gets tired of playing so much chess - he wishes his god would get him out of his mess"

I said to god "what's it like to die" he said "it's as plain as the sea and sky

Conception was him and me and you - when your batteries fade we all just move on"



I said to god "who's winning this game - is the devil in front" he said "is that his name

You know i've been so busy i never asked - i never looked up from this awesome task"

I said to god "what's good 'n bad" he said "it's just something you've got to have

It don't mean nothing to us up here - but your primitive people - you gotta have fear"



I said to god "do i think for myself" he said i told you once you just help yourself

Don't forget you're composed of three, your thinking comes from him and me"

I said to god "how big are you, is there a religion - is it true

How big's the universe - is time - the same for you as my life is to mine"





God said "if all the things that made worlds float - were all to part - then you would note

The size of him and the size of me - and that's how big we both shall be"



He said "the universe is small - just like some fortune-teller's ball

And we both sit down - and we play the game - when somebody wins it all starts again"



"there's no religion - you did that - it helps to keep your little leaders fat

Like faith 'n superstition stay - to help you pass the time away

But when you talk of time and life - it makes me think of circles, heights

Expansion is the clue - your dreams - are nearer than you've ever been"



"you see my little toy to think - is from two bowls of wine to drink

Don't take too much or you may drown - behave yourself - see you around..."