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There was peace in the beginning,
Comfort and joy, bountiful living,
Those were the days of immaculate wonder.
But somebody promised more,
Worlds to explore, freedom arriving.
These are the days of conquest and glory,
These are the days of enzymes and machines.
We’ll chew it up without caution or worry,
We’ll drink the beer, and we’ll burn the gasoline.
So we stumbled out of Eden,
Plans in our heads, tools at our fingertips.
Proud as ants in the animal empires,
We mill about in the afternoon.
Building buildings and pissing on fires,
Soon we’ll be dumping our beer cans on the moon.
And God said,
I am the Big wheel and I will keep turning,
You owe everything you are to Me,
You better listen, it’s time you were learning,
I never said you could have it all for free.
We’ll be raising up the dead,
Bolts in our head, living forever.
I’m unstoppable now, you can’t break me,
I own the key for the gateway to the stars,
It’s a shaker, a real money maker,
I’ve got the franchise for burgers up on Mars.
And God said,
I am the Big-wheel and I will keep turning,
You owe everything you are to Me,
You better listen, it’s time you were learning,
I never said you could have it all for free.
Written and performed by Ron Renaud aka Ripplingmoon
Electric guitars played by Ray Garand
copyright 1998-2025 Ron Renaud
There was peace in the beginning,
Comfort and joy, bountiful living,
Those were the days of immaculate wonder.
But somebody promised more,
Worlds to explore, freedom arriving.
These are the days of conquest and glory,
These are the days of enzymes and machines.
We’ll chew it up without caution or worry,
We’ll drink the beer, and we’ll burn the gasoline.
So we stumbled out of Eden,
Plans in our heads, tools at our fingertips.
Proud as ants in the animal empires,
We mill about in the afternoon.
Building buildings and pissing on fires,
Soon we’ll be dumping our beer cans on the moon.
And God said,
I am the Big wheel and I will keep turning,
You owe everything you are to Me,
You better listen, it’s time you were learning,
I never said you could have it all for free.
We’ll be raising up the dead,
Bolts in our head, living forever.
I’m unstoppable now, you can’t break me,
I own the key for the gateway to the stars,
It’s a shaker, a real money maker,
I’ve got the franchise for burgers up on Mars.
And God said,
I am the Big-wheel and I will keep turning,
You owe everything you are to Me,
You better listen, it’s time you were learning,
I never said you could have it all for free.
Written and performed by Ron Renaud aka Ripplingmoon
Electric guitars played by Ray Garand
copyright 1998-2025 Ron Renaud