Balaam was a prophet about the time
that Moses was coming through
And every now and again God'd speak
to him and tell him what to say and do
He had a reputation in all those parts for
bein' on the line of power
And when Moab's king heard Moses was
comin' he called him in his needy hour
He said, "Balaam come and
If you do I believe I could beat
But when Balaam asked the Lord,
the Lord said, "Balaam don't you go
don't you go mess up My show"
But Ba laam's head was turned
by the money he could earn
So he saddled up his donkey anyway
for the King of Mo ab's castle
But they hadn't gone very far down the road
when the whole trip became a hassle
Because the donkey ran off across a field,
then she nearly broke Balaam's ankle
But when she lay right down and wouldn't get up
Balaam got a little more than rankled
For the third time Balaam beat
But that donkey just refused
It was the thing that happened next though,
that made Ba laam's knees get weak
Well, that donkey still would not
get up but she began to speak
She said, "Balaam you're to blame,
the way you beat me is a shame
'Cause all I've done is tried
Then the Angel of the Lord appeared
with a flamin' sword in his hand
Balaam fell down on his face,
you'd be dead if your donkey hadn't detected
That I was waitin' there to part your hair when
you and my sword connected"
Balaam then repented for his sin
And he promised not to act like that again
And I hope he learned his lesson about
But you know it's that talkin' donkey
that's really strange indeed
Now that donkey's just a donkey
but she's still the thing God used
And that's the point I want you all to see
The Lord's the one who makes the choice
of the instrument He's usin'
We don't know the reasons and
the plans behind His choosin'
So when the Lord starts usin'
you don't you pay it any mind
He 'could have used the dog next
door if He'd been so inclined
