Hazel O'Connor

Eighth Day

Hazel O'Connor


In the beginning was the word, man said: Let there be more light 
Electric scenes and laser beams, neon brights the light abhorring nights 
On the second day he said: Let's have a gas 
Hydrogen and cholera and pest 
Let's make some germs, we'll poison the worms 
Man will never be suppressed 
And he said: Behold what I have done 
I've made a better world for everyone 
Nobody laugh, nobody cry 
World without end, forever and ever 
Amen, amen, amen 
On the third we get green and blue for pie 
On the fourth we send rockets to the sky 
On the fifth make the beasts and submarines 
On the sixth man prepares his final dream: 
In our image, let's make robots for our slaves 
Imagine all the time that we can save 
Computers, machines, the silicon dream 
Seventh he retired from the scene 
And he said: Behold what I have done 
I've made a better world for everyone 
Nobody laugh, nobody cry 
World without end, forever and ever 
Amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) 
On the eighth day machine just got upset 
A problem man had never seen as yet 
No time for flight, a blinding light 
And nothing but a void, forever night 
He said: Behold what man has done 
There's not a world for anyone 
Nobody laughed, nobody cried 
World's at an end, everyone has died 
Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) 
He said: Behold what man has done 
There's not a world for anyone 
Nobody laughed, nobody cried 
World's at an end, everyone has died 
Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen) 
(Amen)