John The Baptist Jones Lyrics - Momus

I was ahead 

I was a seer 

I left for Babylon 

You and Herodias stayed in the wilderness 

I was the one 

With the halo on 

But it was all to no avail 

To know a veil of tears 

When I was John the Baptist 

When I was John the Baptist 

When I was John the Baptist Jones 

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Ahead on points, ahead of my time 

I was neck and neck with the Kings of Crime 

I worked the rivers, I owned my own home 

I was head and shoulders over flesh and bone 

But when you did the dance of the seven veils 

Salome, Salome, there was only the crockery below me 

I was ahead 

I was a divine 

My success, like shampoo, washed you clean out of my mind 

How could I know 

The lengths you would go 

When you're ahead of Jesus Christ you don't look behind 

When I was John the Baptist 

When I was John the Baptist 

When I was John the Baptist Jones 

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Ahead of schedule, ahead of the hoard 

I had the Moral Majority drunk as a Lord 

I ... I ducked adulterers and did it alone 

I was head and shoulders over flesh and bone 

But when you did the dance of the seven veils 

Salome, Salome, there was only the crockery below me 

Believe me, reprieve me, can you forgive me? 

My sweet Salome, can you reprieve me? For just one night, dear 

You put yourself below me 

Heavens above Salome, put yourself below me 

... For just one night