They took me to the battlefield
And I saw the mushroom clouds
I said, "I can see the colors
Even when my head is bowed"
They showed me the destruction
The slaughter a la carte
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?
They took me to the hospital
And pulled aside the sheet
They said, "Look at that pulsating
Just listen to the beat"
They showed me the incision
Then took away the heart
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?
They took me to the scientist
Who opened up a phial
He said, "This is only chicken pox
And rhino bile"
And they showed me what it did to mice
Said, "This is just the start"
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?
They took me to the tenement
And kicked down the door
They said, "Have you seen the copulation
Practiced by the poor?"
"We select the ones to breed now
Then we reject the part"
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?