It Ain't Necessarily So

It ain't necessarily so It ain't necessarily so The things that yo' li'ble To read in the Bible It ain't necessarily so Little David was small, but oh my! Yes David was small, but oh my! He fought big Goliath Who lay, lay down an' dieth! Yes David was small, but oh oh oh oh my! You ever heard about Jonah? He lived in a whale You ever heard about Jonah? He lived, lived in de whale And he laid his home In that fish's abdomen Yes Jonah, he lived in a whale To get into heaven Don't snap for a seven Live clean And don't have no fault Now take me Yeah, I take that gospel Whenever it's possible But with a little grain of salt Methus'lah lived nine hundred years Methus'lah lived nine hundred years But tell me who, who calls that livin' When no gal is given To no man what's nine hundred years? That's why I say that it ain't It ain't necessarily It ain't, no, necessarily It ain't, it ain't necessarily so Ain't necessarily so Ain't ain't necessarily so Ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily Ain't necessarily so --- It Ain't Necessarily So - George Gershwin