John The Baptist - John Martyn, Beverley Martyn

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 all 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?

like a?

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