I can’t blame you for leaving me
Especially since I drove you to, but I do
Can you blame me for my part which was just to be born
Too stupid to know my own heart

If we tell the truth
If the blame be laid—with the creator who made
This world without end
His original sin
A world in which you and I live—apart
Yes, I blame God
He’s the only one original enough to make a mess like this
Even he can’t clean up—I blame God
I didn’t do this myself—I had divine assistance
Yes I did
I blame God

I know you were torn by all of those things
Jesus Christ told me to do
I don’t blame you for blaming me for all this pain
The things that I did—tore me up too
[Oh …]
I know we were meant to be together etern’
We would be if it weren’t for him
This world without end
His original sin
A world in which you and I live—apart

I blame God—he’s the only one original enough to make a mess like this even he can’t clean up
I blame God

You’d have to be a deity, to be this mean
And you know, that’s just not me
And I blame God

[Cuckoo … cuckoo …]


[Oil Wells]

[Jo Harvey Allen] Do you believe in God?
[Joe Ely] I believe in angels. Do you believe in the devil?
[Jo Harvey Allen] [laughter] Yeah, I think I indulged with him just last night
[Joe Ely] You bet your sweet ass you did
[Jo Harvey Allen] All you can think about is those damn oil wells.