Jonah & The Whale - Old Man Luedecke

Well Jonah bore the mark of Cain

His wife had thrown him out again

They’d moved the country all around

Hit the wall in Fort Mac town

When his wife said she couldn’t bear

She said “you’re moving on, I’m staying here”

She said “oh my hands are tied”

She said “oh my hands are tied”

Jonah cried: Oh Lord, I’m in the belly of the whale

When I try I still fail

It’s been a long time of nothing, this old crime of nothing

Thin dime of nothing is killing me

You’re not the one who’s hands are tied

No one sees the mark of Cain

It’s a funny feeling you can’t explain

When the boys gave Jonah wider berth

He seemed lower down than the earth

And when he begged and pleaded for another chance

The foreman took a harder stance

He said “oh my hands are tied”

Jonah cried: Oh Lord, I’m in the belly of the whale

When I try I still fail

It’s been a long time of nothing, this old crime of nothing

Thin dime of nothing is killing me

You’re not the one who’s hands are tied

With Jonah tossed out on the sea

On suicide 63

When suddenly a blinding light

Shook the car with all its’ might

Deep inside he heard a voice

Offering him a final choice

That said “let your hands be untied”

It said “let your hands be untied”

Jonah cried: Oh Lord, I’m in the belly of the whale

When I try I still fail

It’s been a long time of nothing, this old crime of nothing

Thin dime of nothing is killing me

Well I can see my hands are tied