Mr Spooky Action

Whenever I’m vexed by the world

Whenever I’m lost in the void

Whenever I need to understand

You are the one I avoid

 

If ever I question life

If ever I wonder why

If ever I hear that you know the truth

I’ll just pass you by

 

Cos’ truth from you is a sham

Truth from you is a disgrace

Truth from you is a cop-out

All the answers, in one place

 

I see why you are loved

I see why you exist

I see why all your followers

Seem to get the gist

 

They use your name for peace

They use your name for war

They use your name for anything

That they are fighting for

 

Cos you’re just too damned good, to be true

And you always know just what to do

But I can believe all the answers, are in one place

And your message travels on and on

Through countless cultures, getting it wrong

Throughout time, and soon, throughout space

 

Whenever believers, talk about God

They mean a powerful companion, who gives the nod

To all their actions, and he loves them just the same

And you can’t blame them, if their feelings are strong

Cos although the idea of God is big, it’s wrong

Can’t tell folk that, when they’re feeling pain

 

Whenever physics, authors write about God

They mean the ‘nature of the Universe’, and that’s odd

Cos ‘Mr Spooky Action’ is not one of his names

But flogging more books, about nature’s laws

Can come with sales and marketing flaws, so

To popularize the ‘mysterious’ universe, is the game

 

After all, “scientists only believe in science”

God is perhaps, no worse a superstition

Can’t hide that fact, with a smug redact

That it’s not a belief, just an intuition