All American Alien Boy

Ian Hunter All American Alien Boy Album

8.God(Take 1)

(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...'