Lyrics
SIGN OF JONAH
Lyrics by Peter Merz
His hometown gave him the evil eye
Rabbi Malachi gave him four strikes
Said, "I'm not buying your pack of lies"
And pretty soon they had all run him out of town
So much for homecoming week
Hometown prophets don't get the catbird seat
When they're page one on the scandal sheet
Stigmatized before you're thrust upon the proving grounds
CHORUS 1
Born Under The Sign of Jonah
Won't find Lady Luck shining here
Born Under the Sign of Jonah
Who could resurrect your career
When you're born under, born under, born under
When you're born under, born under, born under
The Sign of Jonah
Oh, the man's a glutton and a lush
Casting out demons by Beelzebub
Galilee? No prophets hail from that hub! (Or do they?)
He had all the scribes and pharisees in a snit
For what good could come from Nazareth?
He took his first steps to the winepress
Getting too chummy with the IRS
Pharisees and Sadducees always giving lip
REPEAT CHORUS
SPOKEN INTERLUDE:
An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah.
An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign,
but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. (Echo out on Jonah)
BRIDGE
And when they killed him, and then laid him in the grave
Three days and nights in the belly of the earth
They thought that was the end of him, but he walked away
Raised to life never to die again, the Sign of Jonah
Now a sign of victory...
INSTRUMENTAL
CHORUS 2
Born Under The Sign of Jonah
Oh, you'll find the Dove flying near
Born Under the Sign of Jonah
Where death is not as it appears
When you're born under, born under, born under
When you're born under, born under, born under
The Sign of Jonah