It Ain't Necessarily So (with the Ray Bryant Combo) - Aretha Franklin

It ain't necessarily so

It ain't necessarily so

The things that you're liable

To read in the Bible,

It ain't necessarily so.

Now David was small but oh my

Little David was small but oh my

He fought big Goliath

Who lay down and dieth

David was small but oh my.

To get into heaven, don't snap for a second

Live clean forget your faults

I take the gospel whenever it's possible

But with a grain of salt

Oh Jonah he lived in a whale

Oh Jonah he lived in a whale

He made his home in

That fishes abdomen

Oh Jonah he lived in a whale

To get into heaven, don't snap for a seven

Live clean forget your faults

I take gospel whenever it's possible

But with a grain of salt

Methuselah lived 900 years

Methuselah lived 900 years

Who calls that livin'

When no gal will give in

To no man what's 900 years

It ain't necessarily so

It ain't necessarily so

The things that you're liable

To read in the Bible,

It ain't necessarily so.

Ain't necessarily so

Ain't necessarily so

Ain't necessarily so