It's funny how a big ol' fish can hear Your voice Find one man in the whole ocean and swallow him whole Because You said so It's funny how a little plant can hear Your voice And grow as big as a tent to give that man a home Because You said so And You speak to me all the time And I can't obey You to save my life Well, I can but I don't and I want to but I won't And I don't do what I want to I do what I don't mean to and I'm confused It's funny how a fish can obey You but I can't It's funny how the bright ol' sun can hear Your voice along its way Stop in the middle of the sky for an entire day Because You said so It's funny how a donkey can hear Your voice And talk instead of bray to set Your child on His way Because You said so And You speak to me all the time
And I can't obey You to save my life Well, I can but I don't and I want to but I won't And I don't do what I want to I do what I don't mean to and I'm confused It's funny how a fish can obey You but I can't You speak to me all the time Lighting my path with Your words of life But I can't obey You no matter how hard I try I guess, I can but I don't and I want to but I won't And I don't do what I want to I do what I don't mean to And I can but I don't and I want to but I won't And I don't do what I want to I do what I don't mean to and I'm confused It's funny how a fish can obey You How a plant can obey You How the sun can obey You And a donkey can obey You It seems like everything can obey You but I can't