Pearl Songtext
von Judy Small

It′s been 20 years since Janis it was a bad year for the young
Wasted lives and bitter vibes and the best songs left unsung
I played the music over till I thought I understood
Hell can look like heaven when your vision has been blurred

And everyone said tragedy and an awful goddam shame
And they said she'd live forever in the matyrs hall of fame
I was just a kid in high school when I heard that she had died
And like the man once said I can′t remember if I cried


the pearl shone with a lustre only she could fail to see
But the rebels bluff bravado hid a frightened woman's need
She only wanted a Mercedes Benz and a night out on the town
But oh cheap thrills took her down

27 summers and it seemed she'd just begun
The big time took her high but the she flew too near the sun
She almost had it in her hand when she slipped and fell to ground
She was looking for the home she never found

Repeat chorus

They made a film about her and write books that told it all
The highs the hopes the promises that came before the fall
They took a little piece of her heart and it snapped under the strain
And the fame was just another ball and chain

Repeat chorus 2x