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Stewie Query re Alasdair Clayre (41) RE: Query re Alasdair Clayre 27 Nov 17


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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