The Good Book – Tim Minchin
Lyrics by Tim Minchin – The Good Book I have written the lyrics as good as I could. ____________________________________________ Life is like an ocean voyage and our bodies are the ships And without a moral compass we would all be cast adrift So to keep us on our bearings, the Lord gave us a gift And like most gifts you get, it was a book I only read one book, but it’s a good book, don’t you know I act the way I act because the Good Book tells me so If I wanna know how to be good, it’s to the Good Book that I go ‘Cos the Good Book is a book and it is good and it’s a book I know the Good Book’s good because the Good Book says it’s good I know the Good Book knows it’s good because a really good book would You wouldn’t cook without a cookbook and I think it’s understood You can’t be good without a Good Book ‘cos it’s good and it’s a book And it is good for cookin’ I tried to read some other books, but I soon gave up on that The paragraphs ain’t numbered and they complicate the facts I can’t read Harry Potter ‘cos they’re worshipping false gods and that And Dumbledore’s a poofter and that’s bad, ‘cos it’s not good Morality is written there in simple white and black I feel sorry for you heathens, got to think about all that Good is good and evils bad and goats are good and pigs are crap You’ll find which one is which in the Good Book, ‘cos it’s good And it’s a book, and it’s a book I had a cat, she gave birth to a litter The kittens were adorable and they made my family laugh …
