John Martyn - John The Baptist Lyrics
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
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
And there's a big reward for bringing me in
And I know in my very heart I committed no sin
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John Martyn John The Baptist Comments
Thank you for uploading these
The word beautiiful was made for this tune. Classic!!
This is just classic John martyn. Gold dust
Unbelievably good song 👌🏽
This is a superb song, lyrics, singing , beautiful x
Amazing only 9,376 views. Still deserves many more. Spread the song via the ‘share’ button with freinds and famly, anyone you think might like it. A true classic.
great John!!!!
Why wont the original poster correct the title? It's "John and Beverley Martyn".
still waiting for someone to sound like the great John.
Adam Holmes & the embers come pretty close; although of course there can be no comparison.
So good. Great harmonies. They were a perfect pair. X
Pretty intimate song if you listen to it. Only just realized.
sheer class!
Amazing!! only 313 people!! Well make that 314 now. This is such a good song and so well produced/recorded. I think and I hope that John Martyn's music get's a lot of more exposure in the coming years after his death. What a talented person and also Beverly, for example her vocal on this track is stunning, emotional.
Let's keep it going up! After these comments I guess I'll have to put the whole album up!
@Matthew Kay Found it very hard to find the original! I have to admit I first fell in love with the song through Scullion in the late 70s. I think they really do it justice and particularly fairly recently in the tribute to Mic Christopher.
See the views have more than doubled in two months!!
Thanks for posting.....
Believe it or not, John and Bev were dear friends. I was their roadie, taking them to the studio in NYC from Woodstock, where they were recording Stormbringer. I was THERE in the studio when Bev laid down Sweet Honesty... ancient history now, but there will never be another John or Nick Drake. I'll see them all on the other side. I'll just listen for the music and follow it home. I'm the real deal...On the door of the loo on Pilgrim's Lane, an Aubry Beardsley ink of Salome holding the head of John the Baptist. This was the inspiration for the song. Miss John verymuch...