I'm going to build me an ark,
just like you said
I'm going to build me an ark, just like
I'm gonna build me an
ark, like He said.
Just like He said.
I wanna do what He said do,
like the good Lord told me to.
Gonna build me an ark, like He said.
Just like He said.
The other day a friend came by.
I said, Noah, tell me why
you've been working
night and day.
Never take no time to play.
You need to take a little time.
Get away and ease your mind
And these words to my friend
I did say I'm gonna
Gonna build me an ark
Like he said
Just like he said
Yeah, I'm gonna
Gonna build me an ark
Like he said
Just like he said
I feel my time is running out
We'll have to gather it all about
Gonna build me an ark
Like he said
Just like he said
Just before he went away,
he had a few more words to say.
Though I don't believe it's true,
no, I'll tell you what you ought to do.
If you just take one cow and go,
you wouldn't need so big a boat.
Then I said, listen friend, I'm telling you,
I'm gonna build me an ark, like
he said. just like he said.
I'm gonna build me an
ark like he said.
Just like he said.
I don't want no little boat.
It just might not stay afloat.
Gonna build me an ark, like he said,
just like he said, yeah, just like he said,
just like he said, oh, like he said, just like he said,
just like he said,
just like he of what did he say to build it?
Go for wood, good and strong
How long did he say to build it?
Three hundred cubits long
How wide? Fifty cubits wide
How high? Thirty cubits high
With one
Big door in the side
And one
Window toward the sky
Build it
Pitched inside and out
Build it
Rooms scattered all about
Well, I think he said three stories made
No, I can't af ford no mistakes!
Up what did he say to build it?
Up Gopher Wood, good and strong
How long did he say to build it?
300 cubits long
How wide? 50 cubits wide
How high? 30 cubits high
With one
A big door in the side
And one
A window toward the sky
Killed it
Pitched inside and out
Killed it
A room scattered all about
Yeah, I know he said three stories, mate
Can't af ford no mistakes
Gonna build me an ark like He said
Just like He said
Gonna build me an ark like He said
Just like He said
I'm gonna do what He said to do
Like the good Lord told me to
Gonna build me an ark like He said
Just like you said