IF'N I WAS GOD
From the film: "Tom Sawyer" aka "A Musical Adaptation of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer" - 1973
(Robert B. Sherman / Richard M. Sherman)

Tom Sawyer (Johnny Whitaker)
Also recorded by : Colorado Children's; Bobby Goldsboro; Michael Jackson.


If'n I was God
Well, just for spite
I wouldn't set the sun at night
Till everyone was treated right
By everyone else they see

If'n I was God
I'd fix it so 
Without explainin', folks would know
They'd know what's goin' on inside
Of everyone else like me

Nobody'd hurt nobody else
I wouldn't let it be
Nobody'd have a need to pray
Except for thankin' me

If'n I was God
I'd make us wise
So's everyone could realize
That everywhere beneath the sun
Everyone needs everyone
And God, 
That ain't half what I would do
If'n I was you




(Transcribed by Carlene Bogle - 2004)