Don McLean - Genesis (In the Beginning) lyrics

In the beginning there was nothingness and
God but waved his hand
And from the endless void there sprang
The beauty of the land
And high above the canyon walls
The diamond stars were new
And breezes blew from nothingness and
Herbs and grasses grew
And silent creatures roamed the Earth
And multiplied their kind
And man was but a molecule
That God had left behind

We have grown we have grown
We have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown
But our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning

And mountains sprang and chaos rang
The overture of life
And rivers coursed the twisted blade
Of natures sharpest knife
And cut beneath the rolling dales
A gateway to the sea
While tidal waves and mighty gales
Were heard in symphony
And sunshine fell upon the waves
And warmed the virgin land
And from the mud a drop of
Blood was left upon the sand

We have grown we have grown
We have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown
But our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning

And eagles flew from craggy peaks
Above the garden wall
The drop of blood became a man
The tree of life grew tall
And perfect in his loneliness
A rib pulled from his chest
Formed a sweet companion of
Pulchritude and breast
And from the tree of knowledge God
Said they could not eat
And perfect was their paradise unto
The serpent at their feet

We have grown we have grown
We have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown
But our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning

Tree of knowledge, tree of death
Upon the ground they trod
The serpent said your eye's will see
And ye will be a god
Defy the word and eat the fruit
And ye will never die
And you will chart your destiny and
Rule the Earth and sky
And man was banished east of Eden
See what we have lost
For though the father sets the price
The children pay the cost

We have grown we have grown
We have captured the throne
Of the kingdom God made for our winning
We have grown we have grown
But our children alone
Have so little time left for beginning