Goliath of Gath

Goliath of Gath is the tenth song of the first act of the musical, Alan Menken & Tim Rice's King David and the fifth song of the cast album.

Lyrics
Philistines: Goliath of Gath! Goliath of Gath!

Goliath: Am I a dog that you should wave a stick? See how the folly of Israel increases I'll hack off your head, your arms, your legs, your prick Leaving the bloody festering pieces To fowls of the air

Philistines: Goliath of Gath!

Goliath: To beasts of the field

Philistines: Goliath of Gath!

David: You can hide yourself behind metal With a javelin, a sword, a coward's shield But the armor of the godless has to yield to God

I have never yet killed Any man on this earth Can imagine no cause To be worth such a terrible measure

But the blood never spilled And the deaths never seen In my innocent past do not mean That if I am the one Through whom God's will is done that I Shall not kill, and with pleasure

Here lies the dog that missed a fatal trick Thus is the folly of Israel refuted This is the head of the slaughtered heretic Slimy and severed and perfectly suited

To fowls of the air

Israelites: Goliath of Gath!

David: To beasts of the field

Israelites: Goliath of Gath!

Joab: And two armies were still as they took in the sight Of destruction, of death and delight One elated, one shattered

Joab and Israelites: Then from high on a hill Came a thunderous roar And the Israelites started to pour In unstoppable waves Over Philistine graves-to-be And the enemy scattered

Saul has chosen well David our redeemer Who'd have ever thought Goliath could be slain?

Joab: You can never tell David did not seem a Man of such potential but he used his brain

Joab and Israelites: David and King Saul! Hero and supporter As a team they fought a very great campaign Finally we've paid for (Goliath of Gath!) all the years of pain (Goliath of Gath!)

Goliath of Gath!