or maybe good ol' Noah and be director of a zoo.
I'd like to be like David and sing some pretty songs,
Or maybe Dr. Luke and heal a bunch of wrongs.
I'd like to be like Elijah and ride the whirly wind,
Or ride inside a whale like Jonah and turn a city from sin.
I'd like to be like Timothy and really love to study,
Or maybe like Silas and be Paul's best buddy.
I'd like be be like Joshua and make the sun stand still,
Or maybe mighty Gideon and blow a trumpet on a hill.
I'd like to be like Moses and get water from a rock,
Or maybe just a lowly shepherd and tend a faithful flock.
I'd like to be like Abraham, the father of all nations,
Or maybe lose it all like Job and still have lots of patience.
I'd like to be like Adam and be the very first man,
Or maybe like Peter and be the first to share to plan.
I'd like to be like the boy with the fish and bread,
Or maybe the Savior and raise people from the dead.
I'd like to baptize like John and live on locusts and honey,
Or maybe be like Matthew and handle lots of money.
I'd like to b e like Paul and travel 'round the world,
Or maybe the angel Gabriel and glad tidings herald.
I'd like to be like the apostle John and have the love he had,
Or maybe Jesus as a boy and be a learning lad.
I'd like to be like Jesus and calm the ragin' sea,
Or maybe little Zaccheus and climb a sycamore tree.
I'd like to be like Solomon and know a lot of things,
But maybe I'll just be content to know . . . The King of Kings!
