[PREACHER]
God said, "Let there be light"
And there was light

[STREET CHORUS]
God said, "Let there be night"
And there was night

[PREACHER]
God said, "Let there be day"
And there was day

[STREET CHORUS]
Day to follow the night

[PREACHER]
And it was good, brother

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, brother

[PREACHER]
And it was good, brother

[PREACHER & STREET CHORUS]
And it was goddam good
[PREACHER]
God said, "Let there be storms"
Storms to bring life

[STREET CHORUS]
Life in all of its forms
Forms such as herds

[PREACHER]
Herds and gaggles and swarms
Swarms that have names

[STREET CHORUS]
Names and numbers and norms

[PREACHER]
And it was good, brother

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, brother

[PREACHER]
And it was good, brother

[PREACHER & STREET CHORUS]
And it was goddam good
[PREACHER]
God said, "Let there be gnats
Lеt there be sprats"

[STREET CHORUS]
Sprats to gobblе the gnats
So that the sprats

[PREACHER]
Sprats may nourish the rats
Making them fat

[STREET CHORUS]
Fat, fine food for the cats

[PREACHER]
And they grew fat, brother

[STREET CHORUS]
And they grew fat, brother

[PREACHER]
All but the gnats, brother

[STREET CHORUS]
They all grew fearful fat
[PREACHER]
And God saw it was good

[STREET CHORUS]
God made it be good

[PREACHER]
Created it good

[STREET CHORUS]
Created the gnats

[PREACHER]
Gnats to nourish the sprats

[STREET CHORUS]
Sprats to nurture the rats

[PREACHER]
And all for us big fat cats

[STREET CHORUS, spoken]
Us cats!

[PREACHER & STREET CHORUS]
Yow!

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, and it was good
And it was good, and it was good

[MAN 1 & STREET CHORUS]
God said it's good to be poor
God said it's good to be poor
Good men must not be secure
Good men must not be secure
So if we steal from you
It's just to help you stay pure (It's just to help you stay pure)

[MAN 1 & STREET CHORUS]
And it was good

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, and it was good
And it was good, and it was good

[WOMAN 1 & STREET CHORUS]
God said take charge of my zoo
God said take charge of my zoo
I made these creatures for you
I made these creatures for you
So He won’t mind if we
Wipe out a species or two (Wipe out a species or two)

[WOMAN 1 & STREET CHORUS]
And it was good

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, and it was good
And it was good, and it was good

[MAN 2 & STREET CHORUS]
God said to spread my commands
God said to spread my commands
To folks in faraway lands
To folks in faraway lands
They may not want us there
But man, it's out of our hands (But man, it's out of our hands)

[MAN 2 & STREET CHORUS]
And it was good

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, and it was good
And it was good, and it was good

[WOMAN 2 & STREET CHORUS]
God said that sex should repulse
God said that sex should repulse
Unless it leads to results
Unless it leads to results
And so we crowd the world
Full of consenting adults (Full of consenting adults)

[WOMAN 2 & STREET CHORUS]
And it was good

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, and it was good
And it was good, and it was good

[MAN 3 & STREET CHORUS]
God said it's good to be meek
God said it's good to be meek
And so we are once a week
And so we are once a week
It may not mean a lot
But oh, it's terribly chic (But oh, it's terribly chic)

[MAN 3 & STREET CHORUS]
And it was good

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, and it was good

[PREACHER & STREET CHORUS]
God made us the boss (God made us the boss)
God gave us the cross (God gave us the cross)
We turned it into a sword (We turned it into a sword)
To spread the word of the Lord (To spread the word of the Lord)
We use His holy decrees (We use His holy decrees)
To do whatever we please (To do whatever we please, yeah!)
And it was good! (Yeah!)

[PREACHER & STREET CHORUS]
And it was good! Yeah!
And it was goddam good!

[They dance, drunk with power. The dance suddenly halts at the appearance of the CELEBRANT.]

[PREACHER]
God said, "Let there be light"
And there was light

[STREET CHORUS]
God said, "Let there be night"
And there was night

[PREACHER]
God said, "Let there be day"
And there was day

[STREET CHORUS]
Day to follow the night

[PREACHER]
And it was good, brother

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was good, brother

[PREACHER]
And it was good, brother

[STREET CHORUS]
And it was—