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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Etta James
Etta James
Performer
Trevor Lawrence
Trevor Lawrence
Performer
Jimmie Haskell
Jimmie Haskell
Performer
Kenneth Rice
Kenneth Rice
Drums
Chuck Rainey
Chuck Rainey
Bass Guitar
William D. Smith
William D. Smith
Keyboards
Ken Marco
Ken Marco
Guitar
King Errisson
King Errisson
Congas
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Composer
Trevor Lawrence
Trevor Lawrence
Arranger
Jimmie Haskell
Jimmie Haskell
String Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Gabriel Mekler
Gabriel Mekler
Producer
Trevor Lawrence
Trevor Lawrence
Assistant Producer
Steve Waldman
Steve Waldman
Engineer
John Arrias
John Arrias
Assistant Recording Engineer

Lyrics

Cain slew Abel, Seth knew not why For if the children of Israel were to multiply Why must any of the children Why must they die? So he asked the Lord, and the Lord said "Man means nothing, he means less to me Than the lowliest cactus flower or the humblest yucca tree Chases 'round the desert 'Cause he thinks that's where I'll be And that's why I love mankind" "I recoil in horror from the foulness of thee From the squalor and the filth and the misery How we laugh up here in heaven At the prayers you offer me And that's why I love mankind" The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree The Buddhists and the Hindus The Buddhists and the Hindus joined in on satellite TV They picked their four greatest priests And they began to speak And they said, "Lord, a plague is on the world Lord, no man is free The temples that we built to you Have crumbled down, fallen to the sea Lord, if you won't take care of us Please, please let us be? And the Lord said, and the Lord said, he said "I burn down your cities, how blind you must be I take you your children and say how blessed are we Now you all must be crazy to put your faith in me And that's why I love mankind, you really need me That's why I love, I love mankind"
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