What God Wants, Pt. III

"Don't be afraid
It's only business"
The alien prophet sighed

The vulture and the magpie
Took the cash box from its hook
The monkey in the corner
Wrote the figures in his book

Crazed, the checkout lady's fingers flash across the till
And the captain posts the menu of the day
And in banks across the world Christian, Moslem, Hindu, Jew
And every other race, creed, color, tint, or hue
Get down on their knees and pray

The racoon and the groundhog
Neatly make up bags of change
But the monkey in the corner
Well, he's slowly drifting out of range

"Christ, it's freezing inside"
The veteran cries
The hyenas break cover and stream through the meadow
And the fog rolls in
Through his bottle of gin
So he picks up a stone that looks like a bone

And the bullets fly
And the rivers run dry
And the fat girls sigh
And the network anchor persons lie

And the soldier's alone
In the video zone
But the monkey's not watching
He slipped out to the kitchen
To pile the dishes
And answer the phone

Wait 'til the sun shines, Nellie
And the clouds are drifting by
We shall be happy, Nellie
By and...