There was a Pearl at the bottom of the sea.
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He was a diver like you and me
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from a little village built on the sand
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where the people had nothing but faith in the Lord's hand.
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In the far-away near, the Pearl was always there,
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floating like a dream or like a storm in the air...
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and the Pearl grew bigger on the people's despair.
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When the divers went to dive they prayed the same sad prayer.
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"Oh, God, help me find it this time.
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When I hold it to the light, how the Pearl will shine."
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Early one morning, fates changed everything,
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Zandro's baby boy felt the scorpion's sting.
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The town doctor just sent them away,
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"Poor people like you got no money to pay."
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In Maya's arms, her baby just cried,
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while Zandro heard the Pearl's song pounding louder inside.
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Into his boat he put his wife and child
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and paddled out into the ocean wild.
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"Oh, God, help me find it this time.
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When I hold it to the light, how the Pearl will shine.
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Help me Lord, help me Lord, help me Lord, help me."
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When he held it to the light the great Pearl did shine.
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Evil on evil, sin on sin...
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the whole town's hunger started closin in.
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The priest came from the churchyard to show his deep concern.
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The doctor came to visit, now there was money to be earned.
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His child got better despite the doctor's pills
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whose plan it was to fake him sick, then pretend to heal his ills.
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And Maya said, "Let's throw this pearl back to sea.
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I do believe it's wicked, it'll curse our family."
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Oh, God, Zandro couldn't see the sign.
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When he held it to the light the Great Pearl did shine.
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Shimmering, glistening, glimmering, glowing.
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When he held it to the light, the Great Pearl did shine.
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With knives they came to steal his precious prize.
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Zandro killed beneath the starless sky.
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With blood-stains on his hands they had to flee,
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but some crushed his boat, so they couldn't go by sea.
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They fled into the mountains by moonlight.
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Three hunters close behind them through the night.
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Then high up on a rocky mountain side,
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Zandro found a cave for his family to hide.
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He spied the hunters camp and wainted 'til they slept.
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With his knife strapped to his back, down the rocks he crept.
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Silently for hours, 'til he was almost there,
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then just before Zandro planned to leap into the air,
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high up on the mountain his child made a sound.
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A gun went off, the song of eveil echoed all around.
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Oh, Zandro killed the hunters
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but it was all to late.
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One bullet in the darkness
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sealed his child's fate.
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Maya took her baby down to the sea
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with Zandro by her side, not beleiving such a thing could be...
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that his child would never waken fro his sleep.
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Then Zandro threw the Pearl with all his might
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and gave it back to the deep.
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There was a Pearl at the bottom of the sea.
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He was a diver like you and me...
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The Pearl
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Joshua Kadison |