Neil Innes - Them Lyrics
They came in countless numbersWithout hope, without hopelessnessOn jelly limbsFacelessCrawling out of the living sea.The green world welcomed themIt sweetened the air for themAnd above all, the sun warmed themAnd dried themBy night, in dreamless sleepThe new life filled themPiping strange harmonies in the bloodFusing the beginnings of bonesThen hunger awoke themAnd sleepy with a sense of beingThey arose and moved inlandFulfilling their new-found needsThey called out to one anotherThe winds carried their criesOver mountains, through forests,Across deserts and oceansGreat distances were traveledThe strong devoured the weakThe quick devoured the slowThe cunning devoured the foolishThey fed on each other without maliceor remorseTheir purpose was survivalLife was their achievementThey formed into groupsSome took to the airSome burrowed undergroundAnd some returned to the waterFrom icecap to icecapThe globe rang with their clevernessAnd with each turnGave them meaning
