Intro:
in the daytime and nighttime i have heard your voice i've heard your call
i've been all around the world and i have read the writings on the wall
you thought you were teachin but i know that you were reachin all the way

Verse 1:
you knew the sun was bright too bad that your thoughts were in the rain
the truth inside your heart was drowned by that crazy thunder in your brain
you said the age of reason brought a whole new season to our world
though your heart was pleadin your mind did all the bleedin
just because you couldn't see you did not think that god could be

Chorus:
hey now god is dead that is what mr. nietzsche said
could he contemplate instead why his soul was burnin red
hey now god is dead that is what mr. nietzsche said
what the heck went through his head nietzsche said - god is dead

Verse 2:
inside a dim lit tunnel i saw somethin that i never thought would teach me
god is dead was written on the wall and it was signed mr. nietzsche
alone there in the dark i felt a helpless sinking in my heart
but my spirit lifted when i saw those words so gif"ted
cuz someone wrote beneath in red na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
nietzsches dead - signed god

Chorus:

Bridge:
hey now god is dead thats what nietzsche said - he said
hey now god is dead thats what nietzsche said - he said
hey now god is dead thats what nietzsche said
what the heck went through his head nietzsche said

Chorus:

© 1995 M. Chaffee