[Verse 1]
It ain't necessarily so
It ain't necessarily so
The things that you're liable to read in the Bible
It ain't necessarily so

[Verse 2]
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

[Bridge]
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 with a grain of salt

[Verse 3]
Methuselah lived nine hundred years
Methuselah lived nine hundred yеars
But who calls that livin' when no gal'll give in
To no man who's nine hundrеd years?

[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
Old Jonah, he lived in a whale
Old Jonah, he lived in a whale
For he made his home in that fish's abdomen
Old Jonah, he lived in a whale

[Verse 5]
Little Moses was found in a stream
Little Moses was found in a stream
He floated on water 'til old Pharaoh's daughter
She fished him, she says, from that stream

[Bridge]
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 with a grain of salt

[Verse 3]
Methuselah lived nine hundred years
Methuselah lived nine hundred years
But who calls that livin' when no gal'll give in
To no man what's nine hundred years?

[Outro]
I'm preaching this sermon to show
It ain't necessarily, ain't necessarily
Ain't necessarily so