Jonah Was a Prophet is a song from Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. It was sung by the Pirates and Twippo.
Lyrics
Twippo: When I was a boy I went to church back home in Arizona
And that is there I heard the tale of a man whose name was Jonah.
Now Jonah was a prophet, but that's not why he's remembered.
We tell the tale cause in a whale he nearly was dismembered!
Pirates: Jonah was a prophet! (Twippo: Ooh, ooh)
But he really never got it! (Twippo: Sad, but true)
If you've been watching you can spot it! (Twippo: A-doodle-ee-doo!)
He did not get the point!
Twippo: Compassion and mercy!
From me to you and you to me!
Exactly what God wants to see!
And yes, that is the point!
Pirates: Jonah was a prophet! (Twippo: Ooh, ooh)
But he really never got it! (Twippo: Sad, but true)
If you've been watching you can spot it! (Twippo: A-doodle-ee-doo!)
He did not get the point!
Twippo: Now Jonah set sail on a pirate ship In a dreadful gale
Pirates: Got eaten up by a giant whale but managed not to be dead.
You think he would learn a lot
From being saved from an awful spot
But the second chance that he had got
He didn't want to be spread
So poor old Jonah!
And now he's all alone-ah
Got to use a megaphone-ah!
To get it through to his head-HEY! (Hey!)
Jonah was a prophet! (Twippo: Ooh, ooh)
But he really never got it! (Twippo: Sad, but true)
If you've been watching you can spot it! (Twippo: A-doodle-ee-doo!)
He did not get the point!
Jonah was a prophet! (Twippo: Ooh, ooh)
But he really never got it! (Twippo: Sad, but true)
If you've been watching you can spot it! (Twippo: A-doodle-ee-doo!)
He did not get the point!
Twippo: Now, true, in your life you probably don't ride on a camel.
And you probably won't wake up inside a large, aquatic mammal
But all the same, like Jonah there is something you can do.
Everyone deserves to get a second chance from you!
Pirates: Compassion and mercy!
From me to you and you to me!
Exactly what God wants to see!
And yes, that is the point!
Jonah was a prophet! (Twippo: Ooh ooh)
But he really never got it! (Twippo: Sad, but true)
Jonah was a prophet! (Twippo: Ooh ooh)
But he really never got it! (Twippo: Sad, but true)
Twippo and Pirates: Jonah was a prophet!
Fun Facts
- This song later appeared on the CDs Have We Got A Show For You: 10 Years Of VeggieTales, More Sunday Morning Songs with Bob and Larry, 25 Favorite Bible Songs and All the Songs: Volume Two.