The Good Person of Sichuan

The gods came to Sichuan
The gods declared their plan
To destroy Sichuan

I'm so good but I've been bad
I'm so sappy I've been had
Hoping for a glimpse of something fine
The classical atrocities I studied at the dump
Belonged to my oppressor all the time

And when the gods came down to Sichuan
The gods declared their plan
If they could not find one good person in Sichuan
They would destroy the dam
And thus destroy Sichuan

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This is how the great city of Mahagonny fell
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Remaindered books and records
The murdered possibilities
The tragic disappearance we enact
Recapping the achievements
Of the yellow hunter monkeys
Whose genome is regrettably inact

And when the gods came down to Sichuan
The gods declared their plan
If they could not find one good person in Sichuan
They would destroy the dam
And thus destroy Sichuan

And the gods were in disguise
You had to shade your eyes
They seemed to throw a light
And everywhere they went
People would repent for a while