God wakes in the morning, has toast with his tea He gets up without a warning, heads out to the sea He goes down to the river, gets a boat with a sail He's got things to deliver all day long I can hear him wail God laughs, god cries God looks for love between your eyes God gives, god takes God pumps your gas and slams your breaks And why, because he's god God walks to the station, gets mail by the pound He goes home through the bone yard Reads every letter when no one's around He goes down to the market near the church with the bell He works hard as a tour guide Taking everybody through heaven and hell God laughs, god cries God looks for love between your eyes God wails, god moans God don't use fax or telephones God drinks, god smokes God plans to quit before he croaks And why, because he's god He goes home after a long day, watches news on channel 5 Sometime when it's over late at night you can hear him cry He lays down after eleven in his bed by the sea He lays down here in heaven dreams all night about you and me God laughs, god cries God looks for love between your eyes God sits, god waits God goes to bed and fornicates God hears, god sees God knows your tune and changes keys God cheats, god steals God crushes us beneath his wheels God heals, god kills God does it all for your cheap thrills And why, because he god