John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
John Martyn & Beverley Knight
John Martyn & Beverley Martyn
This seems to be a song portraying the relationship between John The Baptist and Salome (the person who requested his beheading).
I'm John the Baptist and this is my friend Salome
And you can bet it's my head she wants and not my heart only
If you see me smiling and you wonder why
You can bet it's a private joke between her and I
And it's alright
Everything's alright
Alright
Everything's alright
She dances for me in the midnight moon
And when I play for her she never sings too soon
When my head's cut off and I'm lying on the plate
I'm going to grin and tell myself it's been a lovely wait
With the revelations granted and my face just lightly haunted
See myself on the nursery wall on a poster reading 'Wanted'
And there's a big reward for bringing me in
And I know in my very heart I committed no sin
John the Baptist was written by John Martyn.
John the Baptist was produced by Joe Boyd.