[00:00.000] 作词 : Currie[00:06.446]I was ahead[00:09.491]I was a seer[00:12.650]I left for Babylon[00:15.276]You and Herodias stayed in the wilderness[00:19.077]I was the one[00:21.868]With the halo on[00:24.612]But it was all to no avail[00:27.276]To know a veil of tears[00:30.339]When I was John the Baptist[00:33.229]When I was John the Baptist[00:36.213]When I was John the Baptist Jones[00:40.006]Ahead on points, ahead of my time[00:44.580]I was neck and neck with the Kings of Crime[00:49.333]I worked the rivers, I owned my own home[00:53.925]I was head and shoulders over flesh and bone[00:57.876]But when you did the dance of the seven veils[01:03.068]Salome, Salome, there was only the crockery below me[01:13.044]I was ahead[01:16.043]I was a divine[01:18.891]My success, like shampoo, washed you clean out of my mind[01:25.612]How could I know[01:27.869]The lengths you would go[01:30.381]When you're ahead of Jesus Christ you don't look behind[01:36.030]When I was John the Baptist[01:38.655]When I was John the Baptist[01:42.144]When I was John the Baptist Jones[01:45.606]Ahead of schedule, ahead of the hoard[01:47.532]I had the Moral Majority drunk as a Lord[01:53.269]I ..... I ducked adulterers and did it alone[01:58.467]I was head and shoulders over flesh and bone[02:02.756]But when you did the dance of the seven veils[02:07.731]Salome, Salome, there was only the crockery below me[02:15.567]Believe me, reprieve me[02:21.542]Can you forgive me?[02:27.756]My sweet Salome[02:34.286]Can you reprieve me?[02:39.976]For just one night, dear[02:45.218]You put yourself below me[02:52.781]Heavens above Salome,[02:58.266]Put yourself below me[03:04.584]..... For just one night