जोनाह'स Song

Jonah’s Song

Like Jesus himself he was three days in the whale
It seemed a lot longer down there
For a man on the run who wanted a gun but just needed some space
To flee to a dark place where no daylight
Plunged to give him up or change his destiny
A place to hide the very soul
That the damaged fists kept free.

He went down whole and locked inside
He knew he was in for a very wild ride
But what is a boy to do?
Jonah did not want to go to Ninevah
But he had to do what he had to do.
Just to tell those sinners to move it back
& return to the promised way
The Lord ain’t never gonna bless a household here
Til Jonah has his say.

Sitting at the table with the dark glasses on
And the black leather jacket too
Elusive and vague but insinuating
Before the night judge and the talk show king
Spitting out clues on the eve before
the Day of Reckoning.

Jonah himself was not a great man
Who could withstand scrutiny
On close inspection he was failed and scared
Angry at the closing deal.
But when the bell rang he took up the scroll
And he headed out to the floor
A purpose became a mission, the dove is over the river now
It’s all about who could be saved and how the peace can be won
Between the mother and father now, the holiness is in the son
He knew the only choice was how much distance he could put
Between himself and the door
But he could not ever run far enough
from her face or from his own
To take the reflection that he saw in the mirror
And sink it in the lake like a stone
So he warned the others and he kept his word
Or he tried to anyway
And he used his words to bring the truth
Of that great and mournful reckoning day.

Sitting at the table with the dark glasses on
And the black leather jacket too
Elusive and vague but insinuating
Before the night judge and the talk show king
Spitting out clues on the eve before
the Day of Reckoning.