Here in the belly of the whale Life goes on But it’s lonely here Without Jonah Without Jonah So, so alone Sometimes, while the beast sleeps We peek out through spume and spray To see the stars To look for footprints on the water But it’s lonely here Without Jonah Without Jonah So, so alone What use all this lovely bile and darkness If we have no true rebel to hold? Oh, Jonah! Oh, oh, oh…. ….Jonah…. Somewhere, someone is making ready To plumb the depths of what he is To thumb his nose at God himself And fling his bones into the waves Let him settle down awhile ‘Til he finds the scree where oceans sleep We’ll be waiting there to welcome him home ….Home, home…. But it’s lonely here Without Jonah Without Jonah So, so alone We are waiting We are waiting, all alone To fill his mouth with the taste Of what he has earned Oh….oh, Jonah…. it’s lonely here Without Jonah Without Jonah So, so alone