The Pearl Lyrics - Joshua Kadison

There was a pearl at the bottom of the sea 

He was a diver like you and me 

From a little village built on the sand 

Where the people had nothing but faith in the Lord's hand 

In the far-away near, the pearl was always there 

Floating like a dream or like a storm in the air 

And the pearl grew bigger on the people's despair 

When the divers went to dive, they prayed the same sad prayer 

Oh, God, help me find it this time 

When I hold it to the light, how the pearl will shine 

Early one morning, fates changed everything 

Zandro's baby boy felt the scorpion's sting 

The town doctor just sent them away 

"Poor people like you, got no money to pay" 

In Maya's arms, her baby just cried 

While Zandro heard the pearl's song pounding louder inside 

Into his boat he put his wife and child 

And paddled out into the ocean wild 

Oh, God, help me find it this time 

When I hold it to the light, how the Pearl will shine 

Help me Lord, help me Lord, help me Lord, help me 

When he held it to the light the great pearl did shine 

Evil on evil, sin on sin 

The whole town's hunger started closin' in 

The priest came from the churchyard to show his deep concern 

The doctor came to visit, now there was money to be earned 

His child got better despite the doctor's pills 

Whose plan it was to fake him sick, then pretend to heal his ills 

And Maya said, "Let's throw this pearl back to sea 

I do believe it's wicked, it'll curse our family" 

Oh, God, Zandro couldn't see the sign 

When he held it to the light the Great Pearl did shine 

Shimmering, glistening, glimmering, glowing 

When he held it to the light, the Great Pearl did shine 

With knives they came to steal his precious prize 

Zandro killed beneath the starless sky 

With blood-stains on his hands they had to flee 

But some crushed his boat, so they couldn't go by sea 

They fled into the mountains by moonlight 

Three hunters close behind them through the night 

Then high up on a rocky mountain side 

Zandro found a cave for his family to hide 

He spied the hunters camp and waited 'til they slept 

With his knife strapped to his back, down the rocks he crept 

Silently for hours, 'til he was almost there 

Then just before Zandro planned to leap into the air 

High up on the mountain his child made a sound 

A gun went off, the song of evil echoed all around 

Oh, Zandro killed the hunters but it was all to late 

One bullet in the darkness sealed his child's fate 

Maya took her baby down to the sea 

With Zandro by her side, not believing such a thing could be 

That his child would never waken fro his sleep 

Then Zandro threw the pearl with all his might 

And gave it back to the deep 

There was a pearl at the bottom of the sea 

He was a diver like you and me