Jonah Songtext
von The Hillbilly Thomists

These long and dusty roads are
All the life I′ve ever known but
Getting lost is sounding better
Than the sound of heading home
I always got a plan of escape
The spirit moves, I move away
I wish I was a better man

Get me a boat
I got a long way to travel
Get me a boat
I gotta run so far away
Get me a boat
Large or small, it don't matter
If it′s westward bound
You won't hear me complain


Saying goodbye to the mesas
Setting sail with stolen graces
Wishing I could hang my spurs up
Look these strangers in their faces
But I guess I best get going
Ocean calls like cattle lowing
Wish I was a better man

Get me a boat
I got a long way to travel
Get me a boat
I gotta run so far away
Get me a boat
Large or small, it don't matter
If it′s westward bound
You won′t hear me complain

I've seen darkness come and go but
Never seen it hang this low
Prayed again for second chances
Only prayer I seem to know
Finally catching up with Hell
In the belly of the whale
Wish I′d been a better man


Get me a boat
I got a long way to travel
Get me a boat
I gotta run so far away
Get me a boat
Large or small, it don't matter
If it′s westward bound
You won't hear me complain

Oh, carry me away
Back to solid ground
I′ll say what you want me to say
Oh, carry me away
Back to solid ground
Say what you want me to say

Get me a boat
I got a long way to travel
Get me a boat
I gotta run so far away
Get me a boat
Large or small, it don't matter
And if it's eastward bound
Please don′t let me complain