John the Baptist Jones - 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

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

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