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When we were in Arizona last month, our old high school friend Grover turned us onto Chris Smither, a terrific singer-songwriter we should've known about all along. Ah well... In case y'all have been as clueless as us, let me share. Below is perhaps my favorite song from his latest album, "Leave the Light On." Enjoy!

Origin of Species
By Chris Smither

Well Eve told Adam, steaks I’ve had em,
let’s get out of here,
go raise the family somewhere out of town.
They left the garden just in time,
with the landlord cussing right behind,
they headed east and they finally settled down.
One thing led to another,
a bunch of sons, one killed his brother,
and they kicked him out with nothing but his clothes.
And the human race survives
because all these brothers found wives,
but where they came from ain’t nobody knows.

Then came the flood, go figure,
just like New Orleans only bigger,
no one who couldn’t swim would make it through.
The lucky ones were on a boat,
think circus, and then make it float,
and hope nobody pulls the plug on you.
How they fed that crowd’s a mystery,
it ain’t down in the history,
but it’s a cinch they didn’t live on cakes and jam.
Lions don’t eat cabbage
and in spite of that old adage,
I ain’t never seen one lie down with a lamb.

Well Charlie Darwin looked so far
into the way things are,
he caught a glimpse of God’s unfolding plan.
God said I’ll make some DNA,
they can use it anyway they want,
from paramecium right up to man.
They’ll have sex and mix up sections
of their codes they’ll have mutations,
the whole thing works like clockwork over time.
I’ll just sit back in the shade
while everyone gets laid,
that’s what I call intelligent design.
Yeah, you and your cat named Felix,
both wrapped up in that double helix
is what we call intelligent design.