It Ain’t Necessarily So

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Cleo Laine] It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The things that you're liable To read in the Bible Ain't necessarily so [Verse 2: Cleo Laine] Little David was small, but oh my Little David was small, but oh my He fought big Goliath Who lay down and dieth Little David was small, but oh my [Vibraphone Solo] [Verse 3: Ray Charles] Oh Jonah, he lived in the whale I said, Jonah, he lived in the whale For he made his home in That fish's abdomen Yeah, Jonah, he lived in the whale [Verse 4: Ray Charles] Did y'all know that little Moses's found in a stream? That little Moses's found in a stream? Yeah, he floated on water 'Til old Pharaoh's daughter She fished him, she said, from that stream [Electric Piano Solo] [Verse 5: Cleo Laine & Ray Charles] It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so Just 'cause they tell all you children The devil's a villain But it ain't necessarily so [Bridge: Cleo Laine & Ray Charles] To get into Heaven Don't snap for a seven Live clean, don't have no fault Oh, I takes that gospel Whenever it's possible But, uh, with a grain of salt [Verse 6: Cleo Laine & Ray Charles] Methuselah lived nine hundred years Did you say Methuselah lived nine hundred years? (Mmm hmm) But who calls that livin' When no girl'll give in To no man what's nine hundred years? (Bad news) [Instrumental Break] [Outro: Cleo Laine, Ray Charles, Both] I'm preaching this sermon to show That it ain't nessa, ain't nessa Ain't nessa, ain't nessa Ain't necessarily so!