I
IN THE DAYS OF NOAH, JUST BEFORE THE FLOOD.
WHEN THE WICKED WORLD HAD ALL FORGOTTEN GOD.
BROTHER NOAH BUILT A BOAT, WHICH ABOVE GOD'S WRATH IF FLOAT.
AND THE PEOPLE SAW THAT THEY WERE MADE OF MUD.
AS THE DOOR STOOD OPEN WITH THE GANG PLANK OUT.
NOAH AND HIS FAMILY ENTERED WITH A SHOUT.
WHEN THE SCOFFERS STRETCHED THEIR NECKS.
NOAH STEPPED OUT ON THE DECK.
SAID I'M SO GLAD I'M ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT.
CHORUS I
OH I'D RATHER BE ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT.
THEN TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN,
WHEN THE RAIN BEGAN TO FALL, SINNERS ON THE LORD DID CALL.
THE DOOR WAS SHUT, THE NIGHT WAS SETTING IN
THEN OLD NOAH FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT.
GAZE TO HEAVEN BEYOND THE WATERS SPOUT.
THEN HE SAID I THANK THE LORD, THAT I TOOK HIM AT HIS WORD.
I'M SO GLAD I'M ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT.
II
GOOD OLD DANIEL LIVED IN BABYLON LONG AGO,
AND HE HAD THE GRACE TO TELL THE DEVIL NO.
THO HE PRAYED 3 TIMES A DAY IN THE GOOD OLD FASHIONED WAY.
THEY SAID HE TO THE LIONS DEN MUST GO,
AND THE LIONS MADE HIM WELCOME TO THEIR HOME.
FOR THEY KNEW HE WAS NOTHING BUT BACKBONE.
WHEN THE KING LOOKED IN AN SAID ARE YOU ALIVE OR ARE YOU DEAD.
HE WAS STIRRED AS DANIEL SPOKE A GENTLE TONE.
CHORUS II
OH I'D RATHER BE ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT,
THEN TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
AS YOU PACE THE PALACE FLOOR, I HAD NOTHING TO DO BUT SNORE.
JESUS PUT A PADLOCK ON EACH LIONS CHIN.
THEN OLD DANIEL FROM THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT
DON'T YOU THINK HE FELT GOOD ENOUGH TO SHOUT,
THEN HE SAID LONG LIVED THE KING, AND HE STARTED OUT TO SING.
I'M SO GLAD I'M ON THE INSIDE LOOKING OUT.