God Looked Around - Ray Wylie Hubbard

God looked around

He didn’t see nothin'

Said, «Well shucks, let there be light»

So up come the sun

Bright as all get-out

And then he split it up into day and night

God looked around

Wasn’t much to look at

So he fabricated the heavens and earth

So now there’s solid ground

Divvied up by waters

He said, «Well, there it is, for what it’s worth»

He gave wings to birds

Ao they’d fly in the air

And legs for critters walkin' on the ground

Allocated fish to the water

And beasts to the fields

And creeping things to crawl around

God looked around

He didn’t see no one

He reached down and he picked up some dust

Then he spit on it

And he kneaded it like bread dough

And a man rose up full-grown as such

God looked at the man

He saw that he was lonely

Said, «Go to sleep, I guess I ain’t done»

He pried out one of his ribs

And he slapped some hide around it

There was two now where once there’s one

He gave it some curves

And lips red a cherries

And ravishing curly raven hair

Well the man, he woke up

And he looked at the woman

He said, «Whoa Lord, you done answered my prayers»

Now things was righteous

When a snake walked up

Said «Hey woman, take a bite of this

«You'll be smart as God

«And you’ll live forever

«You'll be foolish to resist»

The woman said «Uh-uh

«I don’t eat from that tree

«Those was God’s very own words»

Oh, but the snake sweet-talked her

And she took a bite

And the she realized she’s naked as a jaybird

The woman went to the man

And he took a taste

«Well I’m undraped» he proclaimed

And they heard God a-comin'

So they went and hid

'Course they was naked and ashamed

Well, God found 'em

Said, «You ate forbidden fruit»

The woman cried «The snake duped me, I was tempted»

God said «I told you not to

«And since you disobeyed

«Your time here in paradise is ended»

So God cast 'em out

Dooming us all to die

That’s why it’s the way it is

And God said to the snake

«You done walkin' and talkin'»

That’s why to this day they slither and hiss