john the baptist jones

• ilk albümü circus maximus ta yer alan bir momus parçası. sene 1986, momus bu albümde incildeki hikayeleri kendisi yorumlar, anlatır, yaşar... bir de (bkz: salome)...
  
  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 repreieve me? for just one night, dear
  you put yourself below me
  heavens above salome, put yourself below me
  ..... for just one night