Stephen Schwartz - The Mark of Cain lyrics

[FATHER] Cain! Cain! The voice of your brother's blood Cries to me from the ground I curse that ground And I curse you Be a fugitive and a vagabond All your wretched life And should you find a wife I curse her too And all your tainted progeny Your children's children's children [FATHER AND STORYTELLERS] Even to the seventh generation! Let the righteous hear: The seed of Cain with guilt and shame is ridden All concourse with them is forever more forbidden Shun them like the scorpion and shark And that you may know them On Cain I set this mark The race of Cain must ever bear this mark! [STORYTELLERS] The wild beast howl and the wild winds blow And the seeds of the tree of knowledge grow And you know things now you wish you didn't know In the wasteland... In the wasteland... In the wasteland...