
song: Belly Of The Whale
artist: Burning Sensations
album: Belly Of The Whale
released: 1981length: 4:56
A nice breeze blows in
whenever the big fella
cracks a grin
And when the time and the pace is right,
we sit down,
sip some bouillabaisse
Ahhh, I've gonna have me
a little fun
I've got a candle, I can get
a lot of reading done
Somewhere the sun is shining
(Shining, shining, shining)
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?
Ah, yes, I...
Feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
I get so lonely
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, I feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I say now,
if we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)
Ahhh, you didn't please everyone
Got thrown off the boat
before the trip was done
So with a smile on your face,
you disappeared
without a trace
(Whoo)
Ahhh, I've gonna have us
a little fun
(Wow, down, down, down)
I've got a candle, we can get
a lot of reading done
Somewhere the sun is shining
(Shining, shining, shining)
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?
Ah, yes, I...
Feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
Gotta keep my head up now
if I wanna come back
It gets so lonely
in the belly of the whale
You wanna know you belong here
but you've only got trapped
Hey!
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't you feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale?
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
But I say now,
if we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)
Come back, come back,
come back, come back, come back, come...
Somewhere the sun is shining
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?
Ah, yes, I...
(Yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I...)
I feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
Gotta keep my head up now
if I wanna come back
I get so lonely
in the belly of the whale
You wanna know you belong here
yet you've only got trapped
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, it feels like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Did I tell you now?
If we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)
Come back, come back, come back, come back, come back...
Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh-oh
Whoooooooo-whoo
whenever the big fella
cracks a grin
And when the time and the pace is right,
we sit down,
sip some bouillabaisse
Ahhh, I've gonna have me
a little fun
I've got a candle, I can get
a lot of reading done
Somewhere the sun is shining
(Shining, shining, shining)
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?
Ah, yes, I...
Feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
I get so lonely
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, I feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
And I say now,
if we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)
Ahhh, you didn't please everyone
Got thrown off the boat
before the trip was done
So with a smile on your face,
you disappeared
without a trace
(Whoo)
Ahhh, I've gonna have us
a little fun
(Wow, down, down, down)
I've got a candle, we can get
a lot of reading done
Somewhere the sun is shining
(Shining, shining, shining)
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?
Ah, yes, I...
Feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
Gotta keep my head up now
if I wanna come back
It gets so lonely
in the belly of the whale
You wanna know you belong here
but you've only got trapped
Hey!
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Don't you feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale?
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
But I say now,
if we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)
Come back, come back,
come back, come back, come back, come...
Somewhere the sun is shining
On this world
but not for me
Two lovers' hearts a-rising
(Rising, rising, rising, rising)
Oh, how long before I'm free?
Ah, yes, I...
(Yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I, yes I...)
I feel like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
Gotta keep my head up now
if I wanna come back
I get so lonely
in the belly of the whale
You wanna know you belong here
yet you've only got trapped
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Yeah, it feels like Jonah
in the belly of the whale
(Oh, oh, oh-oh-oh-oh)
Did I tell you now?
If we swim faster
(we're sure to come back)
Come back, come back, come back, come back, come back...
Uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh, uh-oh-oh
Whoooooooo-whoo
Burning Sensations
Burning Sensations was a short-lived Los Angeles area rock band. The group is best known for its MTV hit "Belly of the Whale", the music for which blends a rather unusual fusion of rock and calypso styles, and for covering the Jonathan Richman song "Pablo Picasso", which was included in both the 1984 film and soundtrack of director Alex Cox's Repo Man.