Intro:
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When I was a boy I went to church back home in Arizona
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And that is where I heard the tale of a man whose name was Jonah
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now Jonah was a prophet, but that's not why he's remembered
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We tell the tale, Cause in a whale he nearly was dismembered!
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Chorus:
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Jonah was a prophet -oo-ooh!-
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but he really never got it -sad but true!-
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and if you watch him you can spot it -a-doodley-doo!-
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he did not get the point!
Bridge:
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Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me
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exactly what god wants to see and yes that is the point!
Chorus:
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Jonah was a prophet -oo-ooh!-
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but he really never got it -sad but true!-
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and if you watch him you can spot it -a-doodley-doo!-
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he did not get the point!
Verse:
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Now Jonah set sail on a pirate ship in a dreadful gale
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-Got eaten up by a giant whale but then it’s not to be dead-
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You think he would learn a lot from being saved from an awful spot
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But the second chance that he had got, he didn't want to be spread
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So poor old Jonah and now he's all alone-ah
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Gotta use a megaphone-ah to get it through to his head, hey!
Chorus -x2-:
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Jonah was a prophet -oo-ooh!-
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but he really never got it -sad but true!-
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and if you watch him you can spot it -a-doodley-doo!-
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he did not get the point!
Verse -spoken-:
now during your life you probably don't ride on a camel
and you probably won't wake up inside a large aquatic mammal
but now in your life there is something you can do
everyone deserves a second chance to come from you!
Bridge:
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Compassion and mercy from me to you and you to me
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Exactly what God wants to see and yes that is the point!
Outro -whisper-:
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Jonah was a prophet -oo-ooh!-
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but he really never got it -sad, but true!-
Outro:
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Jonah was a prophet -xAm-x
