God Only Knows - James

You may say I am cynical, but I say man is flawed

He has a vague memory of before some fall

Behaving like a reptile, but talks of walking tall

If god is in his image, the almighty must be small

God only knows

Swaggart has been caught with his trousers round his knees

After damning me and you to hell for eternity

Sex and power and money is the prayer of these priests

They bribe their way past heaven’s gates and steal a set of keys

God only knows

My guru has been sleeping with adepts and with sheep

While I was fucking celibate, self-righteous in belief

Yesterday he was god, now he is a creep

We fell upon each other starving for belief

God only knows

I speak in the name of god

I speak in the name of that

White haired old man in the clouds

Always a man

Dispensing lightening justice from his fingertips

Watching you every second of the day

Just waiting for you to fuck up

I speak in the name of God

I’m his intermediary

I’m a Mollah, I’m a Priest, I’m a Vicar

If you want to go to God

You have to come through me

Is heaven full, oh lord, of these babbling preachers and

God-fearing biggots

All these sef-rightious, self-appointed prophets

Because if so: —

I know where I’d rather be

Away from this cacophony

Away from this cacophony

God only knows

God only knows

God only knows