Why do we do what we do in the dark?
Why do the cows go 'moo' and the dogs all bark?
Why did the beasts go two by two into the ark?
Why do we walk with no conscious intention
So frequently here in the park?

Pure selfishness
Pure selfishness
Pure selfishness
Pure selfishness

Why do we sing what we sing in this song?
Why do the flowers grow weak and the weeds grow strong
Why did Fay Wray love the hideous monster King Kong
Why do we suffer and smother each other
The answer's been clear all along

Pure selfishness
Pure selfishness
Pure selfishness
Pure selfishness

I used to wonder what makes the world go round
I no longer wonder what makes the world go round
Selfishness is all we need
What turns the world is greed
For love
For love
Why do we do what we do in the dark?
For love

Be like the animals
Be like the birds and the bees
Be like the blossom
That falls to the grass from the trees
Push your excitement on up
To its selfish release
The whole of the law will be
Aleister Crowley's 'Do what you please'