Lyrics Godsong - The Residents

I never really did like man anyway
At least not after they started walking around
On their hind leg and talking on the telephone
Of course God's point of view was easy to understand
He had invented man from dead things
At the time there were no graveyards to rob
So he had been forced to use dead worms
Some seaweed that had laid out on the beach
For quite a while, for quite a while
At the time man had four legs and no telephone
A major mistake came when God decided that man should think
A trait that he long desired for himself
What God no doubt intended was for man to think about him
And that was important because
God just wanted to be just another
Normal deity, deity, deity, deity, deity
All that God wanted to be was just a normal deity
All that God wanted to be, just another normal deity
All that God wanted to be was just a deity
Just a normal deity, all that God wanted to be
Just a normal deity, all that God wanted to be
Just a normal deity, all went well for quite awhile
Man is a wonderful creature with long rich and grave face
And fine fine legs and indented five
Mini legs and a coat of satin hair
And large genitals whose lives were pure and full of wonder
The wonder part was God's favorite, at least at first
Because that's the part that gave him his
Identity, identity, identity, identity
It was so wonderful for him and man's
Man's questions turned to visions and the visions gave God
All kinds of exciting things to do
Someday he would be a god of wrath or he could hang
Abound and discipline mankind and at other times prove
Full of love and compassion
Of course these were all things that man had invented
So God had a hard time getting the full grasp
But
One of his favorite things was man's believing in him
And then not believing in him
One of his favorite things was man's believing in him
And then not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Like some hide and seek game
Over and over and over and over
Believing in him, believing in him
Believing in him, not believing in him
Not believing in him
I think he liked believing in him much better
But I'm not sure