COOKIN' IN THE BIBLE

If you see a couple of angels and God walk by

And you ask'm home for dinner but you don't know what to fry

Well I hear that they might like some fatted calf

But make sure that the little lady don't laugh

They was cookin' in the Bible

Cookin' in the Bible

Well they took some vines and they took some gourds

While they was camping with the prophets by the River Jord'

O man of God, there is death in the pot!

So he threw in some meal and they all ate a lot

Yeah, they're cookin' in the Bible

Cookin' in the Bible

Well if the bad queen mama make you wanna flee

And you run away and fall asleep under some tree

Whatcha gonna find when you awake?

A forty day serving of angel food cake

If you're a prophet and your home town's under attack

Cause the people they's a sinnin and they ain't turning back

Well you make your bread out of lentils and rye

And you bake it over a ... cow pie

They was cookin' in the Bible

Cookin' in the Bible

If you're out baptizing in the wilderness

And the people they're a coming and their sins they confess

Well you dip your lunch in the stuff that's sweet

As you peel the legs off the locust meat

It's cookin' in the Bible

Cookin' in the Bible

March 9, 2000

Composed while on a bike ride. My son Jonathan suggested I write another verse, and hence John the Baptist.

Music and lyrics by Bill Griffin.