Brother Jack - Jonah Lyrics

The good Lord came to me and said, boy, you gotta go where you don't want to go
The good Lord came to me and said, boy, you gotta do what you don't want to do
He said, I'm sending you, you gotta go where you don't want to go
I tried to run. I tried to hide
I did go where no one could find me
Then He sent a great big fish to swallow me whole
I'm in the belly of the whale, it's so deep, deep, deep
The bottom of the sea is so deep, deep, deep
The pressure is crushing me now deep, deep, deep
The ocean is closing in now deep, deep, deep
Squeezing my skin so deep, deep, deep
It's the heartbeat of a whale going beat, beat, beat
All I can feel going beat, beat, beat
It's taking over now beat, beat, beat
Everything is going dark now beat, beat, beat
All I want to do is sleep so deep, deep, deep
Beat, beat, beat
Deep, deep, deep
But I got out, I wanna tell the world that I survived
I got out, I wanna tell the world that I'm alive
Pull up my socks and wipe my eyes
There is hope on the other side
Pull up my socks and wipe my eyes
There is hope on the other side
The muses spoke to me and said, boy, you gotta sing a song you don't want to sing
The Spirit's moving me and says, you gotta stand where you don't want to stand
He says, we're sending you, you gotta sing a song you don't want to sing
I tried to run. I walked away
I did shut my mouth. I got nothing to say
Then he sent a great big song to swallow me whole
I'm in the belly of a song it's so loud, loud, loud
Hit bottom again it's so loud, loud, loud
Force a goofy grin it's so loud, loud, loud
Starting to panic now it's so loud, loud, loud
Gotta get out, don't know how, loud, loud, loud
The heartbeat of a whale going beat, beat, beat
It's taking over now beat, beat, beat
All I can feel going beat, beat, beat
Everything is going black now beat, beat, beat
All I want to do is sleep so deep, deep, deep
Beat, beat, beat
Deep, deep, deep
But I got out, I wanna tell the world that I survived
I got out, I wanna tell the world that I am alive
Stomp your feet and hold someone's hand
There is hope on the other side
Stomp your feet and grab someone's hand
There is hope on the other side
Brothers and sisters, if you are down and out, old Brother Jack has a story for you today
Brothers and sisters, if you're floating on a pond enjoying some sunshine
You're floating on your back, looking up there at the sky and
Somebody comes along and drains all the water out of that pond
Now you're laying on your back in the mud, surrounded by old tires and rusty refrigerators
You are laying on your back in the mud, that mud is as thick as cement
You can't stand up on account of that mud and you are stuck
It's a metaphor children, figure it out
Well, things are as bad as they've ever been, children there is no way out
You don't know how you got here, you don't know what you're going to do
You are in the mud and you're full of despair and woe, woe and despair
You're thinking about giving up on this whole thing
You're thinking it might be better if you just turn your head to the side there and
Take a big old swallow of mud and end it all
It might be the best way out
Hold on children, I'm urging you now, just be patient
I know things are as bad as they've ever been
But pretty soon that old sun's gonna come out and dry up all that mud
You'll be able to stand up, and you'll be able to dust yourself off, and you'll move on
Say, but Brother Jack, I'm not that patient
What if that sun doesn't show up, what if that sun doesn't dry up all this mud
What if, what if, what if, children
Then holler for some help
This world is a messed up place, I know
But there is still some good people in it
You holler for help, somebody might come along and give you a hand
They'll pull you right up on out of that mud
You can stand up, brush yourself off, and you'll move on
Maybe you'll even make a new friend
You say, but Brother Jack, what if nobody hears me
What if I holler and holler and nobody comes
Holler louder, children
Maybe you can put a little rhythm to it
Hum a little melody in between your shouts
Maybe you can turn the whole thing into a song
It can't be any worse than some guy yakking over top of the same chord for six or seven minutes
It has been that long children and you're still listening
So who are you to judge, everybody should write a song now
Before you know it, that old sun's gonna show up and dry up all that mud
You'll stand up, you'll dust yourself, and you'll move on
You'll be singing your brand new song
Something to show for yourself
You say, but Brother Jack, what if I'm hollering for help and somebody comes along
And they slip and fall in the mud and they're stuck in the mud too
Brother Jack, that is the worst evil in the world
Wouldn't it have been better if I had just taken a little swallow of that mud
And ended it all, rather than to drag somebody down with me
That's the worst thing, drag somebody down with me
Hold on children
We all end up in the mud at some point and
Now you've got somebody to talk to while you are both laying there in the mud
It's no big thing
Pretty soon that old sun gonna come up and dry up all that mud
You'll both stand up, you can even dust each other off, and you'll move on
You definitely made a new friend this time
Now children, I'm not trying to make light of a serous topic
I know this is an important thing
And I want you to know old Brother Jack has been there before
I've been floating on that pond when somebody drained all the water out
Matter of fact, I think I drained the pond myself on more than one occasion
I've been laying in that mud, surrounded by old tires and rusty refrigerators
Things were as bad as they have ever been
I was full of despair and woe, woe and despair
There was no way out, I was stuck
And just when it couldn't get any worse, children
I'm looking up at the heavens and the heavens broke lose
And it started to rain
I was up to my eyelashes in mud
Old Brother Jack thought it couldn't get any worse than what it was
So he thought about taking a big swallow of mud and ending it all
Thinking about ending the misery
Ending it all, right there, stuck in the mud
But something urged me to wait, children
It said hold on, don't give up
There is something more for you to do here
It might not be much but this world is a better place with you in it
And that's the truth
And to my surprise, that old sun came out and
He dried up all that mud
I stood right up
I dusted myself off and
I got out, I wanna tell the world that I survived
I got out, I wanna tell the world that I am alive
Clap your hands and we'll sing together
There is hope on the other side
Clap your hands, now shout together
There is hope on the other side
There is hope on the other side
There is hope on the other side
There is hope on the other side