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The Pearls

The Pearls

Jelly Roll Morton

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I don't have to sell my

soul.

He's already in me. I don't

need to sell my

soul. He's already in

me.

I wanna be

adored.

I wanna be

adored.

I don't need to sell my

soul.

He's already in me.

I don't need to sell my

soul

'cause he's already in me.

I wanna be adored.

I wanna be adored.

Adored.

I wanna be

adored.

You adore me.

You adore me.

You adore me. I wanna, I wanna, I

wanna be adored. I wanna, I wanna,

I wanna be adored. I wanna, I wanna,

I wanna be adored. I wanna, I wanna,

I gotta be adored.

I wanna be adored.

You adore me. Adore me. You adore me.

Adore me.

You adore

me.

Adore me. Adore me.

Adore me.

I wanna be

adored. [upbeat instrumental music]

She rains

all over

the city.

She rains.

She rains

and the streets look

funny.

She rains.

She rains all

over town.

She rains.

She rains

until the sun

shines again.

She rains.

Ain't easy.

Ain't easy

lovin'

today.

Today.

Last night was so good, I felt like

crying, I felt like crying.

Last night though you looked so cold,

I felt like

smiling, smiling while I'm dying.

Last night looked so good, I felt like

crying, I felt like crying.

Last night though you looked so cold,

I felt like

smiling

You left me cold, you

left me cold.

Needles in my eyes won't cripple me

tonight, all right.

Twisting up my mind,

please pull me through the light, all

right.

Needles in my eyes won't cripple me

tonight, all

right.

Twisting up my mind,

please pull me through the light, all

right.

Last night I dropped my heart

and I never wanna

see it again.

Getting tighter with you all the time,

I think I'm gonna

buckle my spine.

Crept in and I stole your mind,

I think I'm having

trouble with mine.

Crept in and I stole your mind,

I think I'm having

trouble with mine.

You left me cold, you

left me cold.

You left me cold, you

left me cold.

Needles in my eyes won't cripple me

tonight, all

right.

Twisting up my mind,

please pull me through the light, all

right.

Needles in my eyes won't cripple me

tonight, all

right.

Twisting up my mind,

please pull me through the light,

all right.

I

know

you don't ever wanna get

someplace where you cannot believe.

The howling of the sun.

The howling ones.

High up on the sunflower flower

train.

But that won't bring you home.

Oh.

So we can come together.

Yeah, we can

come together.

I

know you don't ever wanna get

someplace where you cannot believe.

The howling of the sun.

The haunted ones. Howling

in your head, yeah, it's a prophecy.

But that won't bring you home.

Oh.

But we can come together.

Yeah, we can come

together

I know you don't ever wanna get

someplace where you cannot believe.

High up on the sun.

The howling ones, high up

on the sunflower flower train.

But that won't bring you home.

I know you don't

ever wanna get someplace where you cannot

believe.

Mother melted in my fridge.

Mother melted with the gifts,

and the smile upon her face.

Now you know who get the piece. Oh yeah,

now you know who get the piece.

As raw, raw as your mind.

Just raw, raw thirty times.

With the market wide.

Billy walked the crooked mile.

Billy crept in for the pie, and

the spoon upon the plate.

Now you know who take your place. Oh yeah,

now you know who take your place. As

raw, raw as your mind.

Just raw, raw thirty times. With the

market wide.

So,

so I take breath hard.

He hid the past beneath the floor.

As the dice and jealous paint.

Now you know who cheat their face.

Oh yeah,

now you know who cheat their face.

As raw, raw as your mind.

Just

raw, raw thirty times. And raw, raw to

defy it. With the market wide.

I can't

slip

my skin.

I'm full of dust and

chemically imbalanced.

I'm canceled.

Balance raw achieves the

answer. If I were a

child again, I'd be

holy and not insane.

I've got the feel I can't get

out of voice.

It's the wise

Out of the void,

into the light.

I'm a scared grown

man.

I'm made of webs and straw.

I'm paralyzed.

I can't

see or feel or speak. I

just stare. I'm so tired,

I can't sleep.

I'm so hungry, I can't

eat. I've got the fear I

can't get out of the

void,

into the light.

Out of the void,

into the light.

If I were a child

again, I'd be holy

and not insane. I've got

the fear I can't get

out of the void,

into the light.

Out of the void, into the light.

Well, I'm leaving here today, love.

Gonna pack my bags and go.

'Cause when you came into my life,

there's things you didn't know. So baby,

take your time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

So baby, take your time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

Well, I feel like almost crying,

but I hold back all my

tears. I see how life keeps

rolling on and I shake off all

my fears. So baby, take your

time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

So baby, take your time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

Say what you will, do what you do.

The time has almost come.

I'm leaving for that land of dreams and

I won't be coming home. So baby,

take your time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

So baby, take your time.

Gonna make you feel

alright.

Awake all night,

asleep all day. I just can't shake these

blues.

I think of you as night comes down,

but I always seem to lose. So baby,

take your time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

So baby, take your time.

Gonna make you feel alright.

[singing] Daylight. I feel my life

is done.

Take my hand, I'll lead you too, but I

won't be coming home. So baby,

take your time.

I'm gonna make it feel all right.

So baby, take your time.

I'm gonna make it feel all right.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time. Take your time.

Take your time.

Met a stranger on a train.

You bumped right into me.

Swear I didn't mean it.

Swear it wasn't meant to be.

Must have been a

dream from a thousand

years ago.

Swear I didn't mean it.

Swear it wasn't meant to be. From

the bottom of my heart.

It's looking all over me.

You take me and I'll take you.

You kill him and I'll kill her.

Swear it wasn't meant to be.

Swear I didn't mean it.

Kiss me.

Kiss me in the shadow.

Kiss me in the shadow of doubt.

Kiss me.

Kiss me in the

shadow.

Kiss me in the shadow of doubt.

This is not a dream.

It's just a dream I had.

Swear

it's just a dream. Just a dream.

Dream I had.

No. No. No. No. Take me to it.

Take me to it.

Maybe. Maybe. It's just a dream.

It's a dream. It's just a...

It's just a... No.

Met a stranger on a train.

You bumped right into me.

Swear I didn't mean it.

Swear it wasn't meant to be.

Must have been a dream

from a thousand years ago.

Kiss me. Kiss me in the shadow of doubt.

Kiss me.

Now you're

on

the run since

since 1981.

Yeah, you went and did something.

This full of fun.

Yeah, you japed the FBI.

They ain't on your side.

Yeah, you cut through the frame

with a sinner's mind.

Well,

I'm the end.

And I know I'm not.

As the heat grew and grew

Her last words hanging low

She said like a bug

In due

time You'll be next

Well

hello harmony Heard

you do it for free

Yeah get on your knees you're free

And please please me

A life of solitude

Yeah one less pain on you

Life of a rotten soul

It's all you knew

Not on me yet

No one knows Ow!

No

I'm tired of calling you

home No I'm tired of calling

you

home

Every

drug she said in

your life

Make

her yours but mine will

make me

sick

It's a sure thing.

Eight months, no more records

gonna be fine

game.

To take this crystal ball to

look and go why,

why,

why, why, why,

why,

why.

Someday,

take me in for the hurricane.

What can he

say? I'm

gonna raise

with you

everything. Why, why, why, why,

why, why, why.

It's a sure thing, baby.

It's a sure thing, why.

It's a sure thing, baby.

It's a sure thing, why.

It's a sure thing, baby

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