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REBECCA
HERE COMES JONAH TO TELL US A TALE.
HIDING FROM MANKIND AND HOPING TO SAIL.
SUMMON THE WHALE FROM THE DEEP GARDEN SEA.
GOD KNOWS THE MINDS OF ALL LURKING IN THEE.
BARITONE
SUMMON THE WHALE FROM THE DEEP GARDEN SEA.
JONAH WILL HIDE, BUT THE LORD LURKS IN THEE.
REBECCA
PAYING FOR ESCAPE MARKS HIM FUGITIVE.
SIN WILL FREELY TRAVEL, MONIES GREASE THE OARS.
VIRTUE IF POOR, CLOSED ARE THE DOORS.
VIRTUE IF POOR, CLOSED ARE THE DOORS.
OH! JONAH YOU WILL SOON BE WITHOUT OARS.
BARITONE, CHORUS
PONDEROUS MISERY DRAGS HIM
DROWNING DOWN TO SLEEP.
BARITONE, CHORUS
HE FEARS THE LORD
WHO MADE THE SEA,
FOR CONSCIENCE IS
THE OLD WOUND
AND NOTHING IN THAT WE SAY
CAN LIFT THE YAWNING JAWS
CLOSING ON HIS SOUL.
REBECCA
PONDEROUS MISERY DROWNING HIM.
HE BREWS IN THE SEA.
FOR CONSCIENCE IS
THE OLD WOUND IN HIM.
JAWS CLOSE ON HIS SOUL.
CHORUS, TENOR, BARITONE
JONAH REPENTS, AND GOD RELENTS
JONAH REPENTS, AND GOD RELENTS
REBECCA
JONAH WHOSE CONSCIENCE IS RAGING IN THEE.
CAST IN THE SEA THE STORM CALMS INSTANTLY.
REBECCA, BARITONE
SUMMON THE WHALE FROM THE DEEP GARDEN SEA.
JONAH IS SAVED FOR ALL ETERNITY.
CHORUS, BARITONE, ALTO
JONAH REPENTS
CHORUS, TENOR, BASS
AND GOD RELENTS
CHORUS, BARITONE, ALTO
JONAH REPENTS
CHORUS, TENOR, BASS
AND GOD RELENTS
CHORUS
HIS EARS LIKE TWO SEA SHELLS
MURMURING THE OCEANS ALIVE
WITH TALES OF WONDER,
THE TRUTH THAT SHINES THE LIGHT.
CHORUS
HIS EARS LIKE TWO SEA SHELLS
MURMURING THE OCEANS ALIVE
WITH TALES OF WONDER,
THE TRUTH THAT SHINES THE LIGHT.
REBECCA
HIS EARS LIKE TWO SEA SHELLS
MURMURING ALIVE WITH THE SEA.
REBECCA
HIS EARS LIKE TWO SEA SHELLS
MURMURING ALIVE WITH THE SEA.
REBECCA
JONAH REPENTS, REPENTS.
AND IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
JONAH REPENTS, REPENTS.
AND GOD RELENTS.
AND GOD RELENTS.