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We took the P out of paradise

Just to produce this hell

And all we're going to leave behind

Is this decaying putrid smell

We've lived in this world

Seen her used and abused

That's why god is singing the blues

They felled a great oak over there

They filled a duck pond over here

We've got a glass and concrete monster now

That feeds and caters to our fears

Maybe it's too late to spoll another view

That's why god is singing the blues

Forgive us father for we know not what we do

Blame it on each other and in the name of you

Forgive us mother for the pain we caused

We destroyed what's yours

That's why papa's singing the blues

Polluted all the oceans

Pulped all the trees

Plagued by chronic boredom

We blew a hole in the atmosphere

We tore out her heart

Left her battered and bruised

That's why god is singing the blues

Forgive us father for we know not what we do

Blame it on each other

And in the name of you

Forgive us mother

For the pain we caused

We destroyed what's yours

That's why papa's singing the blues

You may believe in evolution

You may believe in god's great creation

The only thing we know for sure

We got a man made situation

We turned this whole world into a dying zoo

That's why god is singing the blues

You better live on your feet

Than die on your knees

I stole that from some graffiti

Lord have mercy please

Living in this babylon

Keeps us confused

That's why god is singing the blues