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What God Wants, Part I - Roger Waters

Album: Amused to Death

genre: Progressive Rock

What God wants, God gets, God help us all
What God wants, God gets, God help us all
What God wants, God gets, God help us all

What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets

The kid in the corner looked at the priest
And fingered his pale-blue Japanese guitar
The priest said:
“God wants goodness
God wants light
God wants mayhem
God wants a clean fight”

What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets

“Don’t look so surprised, It’s only dogma”
The alien prophet cried
The beetle and the springbok
Took the Bible from its hook
The monkey in the corner
Wrote the lesson in his book

What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets

God wants peace
God wants war
God wants famine
God wants chain stores

What God wants, God gets

God wants sedition
God wants sex
God wants freedom
God wants Semtex

What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets

“Don’t look so afraid, I’m only joking”
The alien comic lied
The jackass and hyena
Took the feather from its hook
The monkey in the corner
Wrote the joke down in his book

What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets

God wants boarders
God wants crack
God wants rainfall
God wants wetbacks

What God wants, God gets
What God wants, God gets

God wants voodoo
God wants shrines
God wants law
God wants organised crime
God wants crusade
God wants jihad
God wants good
God wants bad

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From the "What God Wants" series, "What God Wants Pt. 1", was the only one to be released as a single.
Song details
  • Publishing: Columbia
  • Co-Production: Nick Griffiths, Patrick Leonard and Roger Waters
  • Composition: Roger Waters
  • Vocals: P. P. Arnold, Natalie Jackson, N'Dea Davenport, Doreen Chanter, Katie Kissoon and Roger Waters
  • Release Date: August 24, 1992
"What God Wants Pt. 1" features the guitar playing of Jeff Beck.