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Sittin' in the Belly of the Whale

from In Praise of Crows (2021) by Bob Leslie

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Jonah didn’t want to speak out, and so spent an unpleasant interlude inside a giant fish. I’m a bit of a speaker-outer myself, and I think the world could do with a lot more of us!

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Jonah he didn’t want to speak out
Ran away and he took sail
A storm blew up and he went down
Right inside a whale
If you speak your mind in these troubled times
You might end up in jail
They’ll steal your soul and swallow you whole
You’ll be sitting in the belly of the whale

Sitting in the belly of the whale, boys
Sitting in the belly of the whale
It’s warm and dry, though the ocean’s outside
You don’t have to worry ’bout the winds and tide
You can’t see where you’re goin
And the air is growin stale
But at least you’re aware, there’s so many don’t care
That they’re sittin in the belly of the whale

We all like our home comforts
Don’t want to tax our brains
Some take the view there’s better things to do
Than marching in the rain
But we’re all in this together
They’d better get off their tails
If they sit around gonna slide right down
To the exit of the belly of the whale

The moral of this ditty
The message of this song
It’s time to cut our way out
For we don’t have very long
‘Fore we all end up digested
Like night soil in a pail
No place to hide for Jonah’s tribe
We’re all sitting in the belly of the whale

Last Time:

(They’re turnin’ brown)
Sittin in the belly of the whale
(And slidin’ down)
Sittin in the belly of the whale

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from In Praise of Crows (2021), released March 15, 2021

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