Story Behind The Song

?Pearl? - I read a book called ?Buried Alive? on the life and times of Janis Joplin when I was 15 years old and wrote this song based on what I?d read.

Lyrics

PEARL
she fooled them with her pretenses, held her glass up high
danced across the wild stage with nothing in her eyes
the world watched in awe and wonder as she wore feathers in her hair
she'd do anything to turn their heads to make them care
to look at a lonely texas girl
in the woman was a child
her name was pearl

she tried to become the star they wanted her to be
then she took to running, but they would not set her free
so she took another swallow and played the masquerade
until she couldn't find herself in the character she'd made
i look at the lonely texas girl
in the woman was a child
her name was pearl

crawl out of your shell, pearl
you can still shine
you don't look so well, pearl
are you feeling alright?

when i read about her life now she gets inside my mind
should i give up strumming and walk another line
but i think about the things she said and all the things she did
she never learned to love herself, and that's what did her in
i look at the lonely texas girl
in the woman was a child
her name was pearl