"Mass": IX. Gospel-Sermon: "God Said" Songtext
von Leonard Bernstein

God said let there be light and there was light.
God said let there be night and there was- God said let there be day and there was day to follow the night.
And it was good brother. (And it was good brother.) And it was good brother!
And it was God damn good.
God said let there be storms.
Storms to bring life in all of it′s forms.
Forms such as herds and gaggles and swarms.
Swarms that have names and numbers and norms.
And it was good brother. (And it was good brother.) And it was good brother!
And it was God damn good.
God said let there be gnats.
Let there be sprats to gobble the gnats so that the sprats may nourish the rats making them fat, fine, food for the cats.
And they grew fat brother. (And they grew fat brother.) Oh, with the gnats brother!
They all grew fearful fat.
And God saw it was good. (God made it be good.) Created it good.
Created the gnats to nourish the sprats to nurture the rats, and all for us big fat cats! (Us cats, Yeah!) And it was good.
and it was good.
And it was good.
and it was good.
God said it's good to be poor. (God said it′s good to be poor.) Good men must not be secure. (Good men must not be secure.) So if we steal from you it's just to help you stay pure. (it's just to help you stay pure.) And it was good.


and it was good.
And it was good.
and it was good.
God said take charge of my zoo. (God said take charge of my zoo.) I made these creatures for you. (I made these creatures for you.) So he won′t mind if we wipe out a species or two. (wipe out a species or two.)
And it was good.
and it was good.
And it was good.
and it was good.
God said to spread his commands. (God said to spread his commands.) To folks in far away lands. (To folks in far away lands.) They may not want us there but man it′s out of our hands. (but man it's out of our hands.)
And it was good.
and it was good.
And it was good.
and it was good.
God said that sex should repulse. (God said that sex should repulse.) Unless it leads to results. (Unless it leads to results.) And so we crowd the world full of consenting adults. (full of consenting adults.) And it was good.
and it was good.
And it was good.
and it was good.
God said it′s good to be meek. (God said it's good to be meek.) And so we are once a week. (And so we are once a week.) It may not mean a lot but Oh, it′s terribly sheek. (but Oh, it's terribly sheek.)
And it was good.
and it was good.
And it was good.
God made us the boss. (God made us the boss.) God gave us the cross. (God gave us the cross.) We turned it into a sword. (We turned it into a sword.) To spread the word of the lord. (To spread the word of the lord.) We used his holy decree. (we used his holy decree.) To do whatever we please. (To do whatever we please.) Yeah!
and it was good.
Yeah!
And it was good.
Yeah!
and it was God Damn good!
God said let there be light and there was light.
God said let there be night and there was- God said let there be day and there was day to follow the night.
And it was good brother. (And it was good brother.) And it was good brother!
And it was-