Jonah And The Whale lyrics

Jonah was a man who got a word from the Lord
“Go and preach the Gospel to the sinful land?
But he got on a ship and he tried to get away
And he ran into a storm in the middle of the sea

Now the Lord, He made the waves just roll so high
The ship begin to sink and they all begin to cry
So they pulled old Jonah out of the hold
And they jumped him in the water just to lighten up the load

Now the Lord made a whale, long and wide
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
And he swallowed up Jonah, hair and hide
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish,
Mmm, Lord, mmm, Lord

Now Jonah started to pray in the belly of the whale
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
He repented of his sins like a man in jail
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Mmm, Lord, mmm, Lord

Now Jonah must of been a bad man, he must of been a sinner
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Cos when the whale got him down, he didn’t like his dinner
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
Mmm, Lord, mmm, Lord

Well he swum around the ocean, sick as he could be
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
And after three days, whoops! he had to set him free
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish, mmm

So the whale spit Jonah out onto dry land
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
And he went on to preaching like a righteous man
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish

Then the people quit their sins when they heard him in the town
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish
So when you hear the call, don’t you turn the Gospel down
Lord, Lord wasn't that a fish, hmmm?

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