In the Beginning Todd Snider

In the beginning, man wondered to himself
"Why, oh why are we here?"
And yet with each asking of this question
The answer would become even less clear
Overwhelmed by fear, distraction took its place
And so its was in the world's first shelter
That we began the human race
The human race to fill up more and more empty space
Oh, how we loved, the human race

Until one day, this one guy said to this other guy
He said, "Hey, have you seen that guy over there?
He's got more than everybody else has got
To me, that don't seem fair."
Well, the second guy agreed with the first guy
Everybody else did too
'Til they all got so worked up
They figured there was something they just had to do:
Divide his things up among each other
After they killed him of course
For they could see no real good reason
Not to just take what they wanted by force

But when they found him he said, "Hey wait a minute, fellas
I wouldn't kill me just now
You can see that I've got more than any of you have ever got;
Wouldn't you first at least like to know how?"
And with that he had their attention
And with that he went on loud and clear
He said, "You all know how long we've all wondered
Why, oh why are we here?
Well today, I'm gonna tell you all about it
I'm gonna teach you about suffering and bliss
I'm gonna teach y'all a little about Heaven and Hell
And the god that gave me all this