I didn't realise the lyrics were not in the Mudcat database. Here they are: ADAM AND THE BEASTS (Alasdair Clayre) When Adam stood beyond the gates of Eden With Eve huddled weeping by his side He looked down and he saw the new creation The streams and hills and valleys deep and wide The flying fish and killer sharks that wandered in the seas And the lion cubs and antelopes that walked beneath the trees And he asked God, ?Where among the beasts will I belong?? No answer came only sweet birds song He shocked the roe deer drinking by the river They looked and ran and Adam watched them go And the ruffled water settled to a mirror And Adam leaned and he found his face below He saw the gentle lips that were parted in surprise And the undefended beauty of the wide-open eyes And Adam asked his God, ?Will I be gentle like the deer?? No answer came but the birds sang clear So he wandered down the river to the seashore He saw flying fish in colours strong and bright And he longed to move as they moved in the water To be clothed like them in rainbow-coloured light And as he watched, he saw that they were making cruel war Fighting for food and battling to divide the ocean floor And Adam asked his God, ?Will I fight like one of these?? Only the birds sang in the silence from the trees And as they sang, they drove away their rivals Till each one had a country of its own And Adam saw the lions fight the lions Till each one ruled a hunting ground alone And Adam said to God, ?I?ll rule the land around ?This valley full of stones shall be my hunting ground ?This flint axe for my lion paw, this slinging rock for song ?And is it with the hunting beasts that I belong?? And the rock spoke, ?When lions fight each other ?They win their ground and then they live in peace ?But one beast shall hunt to kill his brother ?Man whose wars will never cease ?For God made the beasts but the rock will fashion man ?And God leads you gentle to the axes in your hand ?Now go to your wife where she?s labouring in pain ?And the child that she delivers call him Cain!? --Stewie.
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