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Joe Blomberg - Adam & the Animals

from Songs for World Book Day by Various FAWM artists

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A retelling of the second chapter of the Book of Genesis in the Bible.

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Just after breathing some life into man
As God wiped the dirt from his hand
God said “Adam, there’s work to be done
You gotta name each animal one by one.”
Each kind of spider, each species of beetle,
Each midge and mantis and each millipede will
Need its own name and you’ve been elected
To guarantee the very best name is selected.

Adam sat up, shook his head with a groan
Said, “I just woke up! I can’t do this alone”
But God said, “Adam, I think that you can.
Do this for me and I’ll call you a man.”
So Adam stood up and said, “That’ll be fine.
I’ll work hard for you and I won’t mind
I’ll name each animal you have made
But I need to know how much I’ll get paid

(Chorus)
You gotta get paid
Even Adam new the score
You gotta get paid
You need to get your share, but no more
You gotta get paid
It’s really the only proper way to behave
‘Cause if you don’t get your share your only a slave

So God said, “Let me consider a while.
In the meantime go and name the crocodile
And think of a good name for a yak…”
But then Adam interrupted and said, “Contract”
“All right,” God said, “we can make this deal.
In the meantime, go and name the walrus and seal
And you better name the tigers before they get mad
Or you’ll be the best lunch they’ve ever had.”

Chorus...

Adam named the platypus, the catfish and shrew
Then said, “God, I think I’m coming down with blue flu
But good faith bargaining could make me well.
If we wrap this up fast I will name the gazelle.”
It’s a whole ‘nother story how Adam got paid
But he was more than satisfied with the deal God made
So workers of the world God knows about you
There is power in one, but there’s glory in two.

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from Songs for World Book Day, released April 21, 2021
@2006 E J Blomberg & J L Nelson

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