A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is made up of calcium carbonate in minute crystalline form, which has been deposited in concentric layers. The ideal pearl is perfectly round and smooth, but many other shapes of pearls (baroque pearls) occur. The finest quality natural pearls have been highly valued as gemstones and objects of beauty for many centuries, and because of this, the word pearl has become a metaphor for something very rare, fine, admirable, and valuable.
The most valuable pearls occur spontaneously in the wild, but they are extremely rare. These wild pearls are referred to as natural pearls. Cultured or farmed pearls from pearl oysters and freshwater mussels make up the majority of those that are currently sold. Imitation pearls are also widely sold in inexpensive jewelry, but the quality of their iridescence is usually very poor, and generally speaking, artificial pearls are easily distinguished from genuine pearls. Pearls have been harvested and cultivated primarily for use in jewelry, but in the past they were also stitched onto lavish clothing. Pearls have also been crushed and used in cosmetics, medicines, and in paint formulations.
Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and songwriter from Port Arthur, Texas. As a youth Joplin was ridiculed by her fellow students due to her unconventional appearance and personal beliefs. She later sang about her experience at school through her song "Ego Rock". Early in her life, Joplin cultivated a rebellious and unconventional lifestyle, becoming a beatnik poet. She began her singing career as a folk and blues singer in San Francisco, playing clubs and bars with her guitar and auto-harp.
Joplin first rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of the psychedelic-acid rock band Big Brother and the Holding Company, and later as a solo artist with her more soulful and bluesy backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band. She was one of the more popular acts at the Monterey Pop Festival and later became one of the major attractions to the Woodstock festival and the Festival Express train tour.
Janis Joplin only charted five singles in her life but her hits and other popular songs from throughout her short four year career include "Down On Me", "Bye, Bye Baby", "Coo Coo", "Summertime", "Piece of My Heart", "Turtle Blues", "Ball 'n' Chain", "Try (Just A Little Bit Harder)", "Maybe", "To Love Somebody", "Kozmic Blues", "Work Me, Lord", "Move Over", "Cry Baby", "A Woman Left Lonely" "Get It While You Can", "My Baby", "Trust Me", "Mercedes Benz", "One Night Stand", "Raise Your Hand" and her only number one hit, "Me and Bobby McGee".
They'd say Pearl go get your boots on, we've got a
field to plow
Girl put down that book you aint got no time to read
right now
Mama she don't know the kind of visions that I see
But my ticket to the world is the soul inside of me
She'd go barefoot down to Beale street, she had no
fancy shoes
She's tell them she was 21 and got paid to sing the
blues
She'd crawl back into her window every night at 2:00 am
And pray her daddy didn't come to steal her innocence
again
But finally she had her bus fare
They never found out where she'd gone
She left a note that said I'm goin' someplace
To make this life a better home
They'd say Pearl go get your boots on, we've got a
field to plow
Girl put down that book you aint got no time to read
right now
Mama she don't know the kind of visions that I see
But my ticket to the world is the soul inside of me
I met her in a lonely church one cloudy afternoon
She was singin' softly to the Lord and fillin' up the
room
I said I've seen you on the big stage, lights and glory
all around
Pearl what brings you to this place, she said it's my
hometown
And I need just like the next one to remember who I was
So I've come back to find forgiveness
To see my past through eyes of love
They'd say Pearl go get your boots on, we've got a
field to plow
Girl put down that book you aint got time to read right
Mama she don't know the kind of visions that I see
But my ticket to the world is the soul inside of me
( Soul inside of me, Soul inside of me, Soul inside of
me )
I want you now as then
Don't tell me
you want to stay
too much time
Now has passed
too too soon a thing to do
I was only thinking I would do right
Now and then I need a little sting
I was only trying not to second guess
Why you came
But Since I have changed
I'm chasing opposites
Things that you do
Stay on my mind till I'm
So tired I can't
I can't see when you go
I can't see when you keep silencing me
Telling me things
No reason I should stay
When you know what to say
To tug me
Talk is cheap
That look of yours
Too Too cold now
The call
Could you feel
So ravaged and misunderstood
Everything changed
Nothing remains
So consider now when it was easy
Knowing what you do
And what you gave
I was silly knowing what was to be
My mistake
But Since I have changed
I'm chasing opposites
Things that you do
Stay on my mind till I'm
So tired I can't
I can't see when you go
I can't see when you keep silencing me
Telling me things
No reason I should stay
When you know what to say
To tug me
Since I've changed
I'm chasing opposites
Things that you do
Stay on my mind till I'm
So tired I can't see when you go
I can't see when you keep silencing me
Telling me things
No reason I should stay
When you know what to say
Humility on Bleecker Street
Exposed my faults until I'm left defeated
It's been three years into this relationship
This is longer than I ever could commit
But I feel I'm near
But I feel my fear
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Gotta face my steppenwolf
Gotta drag you through the mud
When I get there I will see myself
I will look for strength within
I will be a better woman
Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand
Becoming the pearl
There are no roll models in rock n' roll
No women who could have it all
The long career, the man, happy family
And here I stand and God I do demand it
But I feel I'm near
But I feel my fear
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Gotta face my steppenwolf
Gotta drag you through the mud
When I get there I will see myself
I will look for strength within
I will be a better woman
Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand
Becoming the pearl
It's dark in here, don't know who I am
Memories come, I'm wading through the moon
Evil side, wants to drag me down
Will power, God, please give me some
I'm standing at the edge of another precipice in life
Baggage from my family
Going back to therapy
I will kneel be humble tow the weight
I will look for strength within
I will be a better woman
Hang in there baby, I'm the grain of sand
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
A banker's daughter or a runaway girl,
A little lady or a honky-tonk Pearl
Has to find someplace in this world
Where she feels at home.
A banker's daughter is so hard to deceive;
A little lady is so hard to please.
Honky-tonk Pearl wears her heart on her sleeve,
And her heart will not grow cold.
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Here's a wish for a runaway girl;
Here's a prayer for honky-tonk Pearl---
Hope she finds someplace outta this world
Where she feels at home.
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might...
First star (first star)
I see tonight (I see tonight)
I wish I may, I wish I might...
I wish I may, I wish I might
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
A banker抯 daughter or a runaway girl,
A little lady or a honky-tonk Pearl
Has to find someplace in this world
Where she feels at home.
A banker抯 daughter is so hard to deceive;
A little lady is so hard to please.
Honky-tonk Pearl wears her heart on her sleeve,
And her heart will not grow cold.
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Here抯 a wish for a runaway girl;
Here抯 a prayer for honky-tonk Pearl---
Hope she finds someplace outta this world
Where she feels at home.
First star I see tonight,
I wish I may, I wish I might...
First star (first star)
I see tonight (I see tonight)
I wish I may, I wish I might...
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish I wish tonight.
Little Pearl
She was this girl
Her thoughts and notions in a whirl
This girl, Pearl
She was pretty quick
Found her stick
Filled it thick with...
Black sugar shit
Ole black glasses
Spoonful molasses
Drinking wine
Killing time
Burn it black with a candle
All bent at the handle
Devil spit
Makes Pearl Sick
Black sugar shit
She had a name
Her name's insane
A little maid picks away at her brain
To much disdain
Her brain remained
To think thoughts all axe and mame and
Black sugar shit
Black sugar
I live inside...
Off with their heads
For I'm staying in bed
I'm sick of that blackbird
That shark's in my head
Black sugar shit
(K. Grimwood/E. Idlet)
It belongs to me, I've had it for a long time;
There's nothing like it in this world,
It's mine.
I know you want it and I really can't blame you.
You'd like to touch it, but if you do,
I'll maim you.
Chorus: So if you value your life, you value your face,
You'll accept this at face value.
It's mine. I won't share it. It's mine!
I feel the envy in your eyes each time you see it,
But you know that it's rightfully mine,
You'd better believe it.
And when I'm gone and you're alone, don't even try it,
'Cause I'll know, yes, I'll know,
And you could never deny it.
Chorus:
I saw it first! It's mine!
I had it last! It's mine!
Oh, can't you see it's made for me?
It's mine, it's mine, it's mine!
Mine... Mine... Mine...!
It is a treasure, uniquely one of a kind,
Any king would be proud to possess;
It's mine.
It's my pleasure, my comfort, my joy,
it is the love of my life,
On an island, alone by myself,
In a sea of desire.
hear these words
my soft voice speaks only truth
i will reveal myself to you
i'll see tou through
you are beautiful
my love
walk with me
all you'll ever need
i am
so come stay with me
my dear
dwell in grace
all that i am i will complete
in you
i'll never leave you
She is a pyramid
But with him she's just a grain of sand
This love's too strong like my cement
Squeezing out the life that should be let in
She was a hurricane
But now she's just a gust of wind
She used to set the sails of a thousand ships
Was a force to be reckoned with
She could be a Statue of Liberty
She could be a Joan of Arc
But he's scared of the light that's inside of her
So he keeps her in the dark
Oh, she used to be a pearl, oh
Yeah, she used to rule the world, oh
Can't believe, she's become a shell of herself
'Cause she used to be a pearl
She was unstoppable
Move fast just like an avalanche
But now she's stuck deep in cement
Wishing that they never ever met
She could be a Statue of Liberty
She could be a Joan of Arc
But he's scared of the light that's inside of her
So he keeps her in the dark
Oh, she used to be a pearl, oh
Yeah, she used to rule the world, oh
Can't believe, she's become, a shell of herself
'Cause she used to be a
Do you know that there's a way out
There's a way out, there's a way out, there's a way out
You don't have to be held down
Be held down, be held down, be held down
'Cause I used to be a shell
Yeah, I let him rule my world, my world, oh yeah
But I will come and grow strong
And I can still go on, and no one can take my pearl
You don't have to be a shell, no
You're the one that rules your world, oh
You are strong and you'll learn that you can still go on
And you'll always be a, a pearl
The dubberment dere of down and dales
Of wode and water and wlonk plaines
Bilde in me bliss, abated my bales
Forbidden my stress, destroyed my paines
Down after a strem that drightly hales
I bowed in bliss, bredful my branes
The firre I folwed those floty vales
The more strength of joye myn herte straines
As fortune fares theras ho fraines
Whether solace ho sende other elles sore
The wye to wham hir wille ho waines
Hittes to have ay more and more
More of wele was in that wise
Than I couth telle thagh I tom hade
For erthly herte might not suffise
To the tenthe dole of tho gladness glade
For thy I thoght that paradise
Was there other gain tho bonkes brade
I hoped the water were a devise
Between mirthes by meres made
Beyonde the brook, by slent other slade
I hoped that mote inerked wore
Bot the water was depe, I dorst not wade
And ever me longed ay more and more
More and more and yet well mare
Me liste to see the brook beyonde
For if hit was fair there I can fare
Well loveloker was the firre londe
Aboute me con I stote and stare
To finde a forth faste con I fonde
Bot wothes mo ywis there ware
The firre I stalled by the stronde
And ever me thoght I shokle not wonde
For wo there weles so winne wore
Thenne newe note me com on honed
Half moon, night time sky,
Seven stars, heaven’s eyes.
Seven songs on seven seas
Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.
Hey, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past but still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me, hey!
Rings of cloud and arms aflame,
Wings rise up to call your name.
Sun rolls high, Lord, it burns the ground
Just to tell about the first good man I found.
Yeah, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past but still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me.
Oh oh oh oh oh oh yeah!
Half moon on night time sky,
Seven stars, heaven’s eyes.
Seven songs on seven seas
Just to bring all your sweet love home to me.
Hey baby, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past honey still at last
Lord, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, Lord,
Not coming past but still at last
Hey, you fill me like the mountains,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
You fill me like the sea, oh Lord,
You’re not coming past, honey, still at last
Your love brings life to me,
Your love brings life to me,
Your love... la la la la la, la
Won’t you bring life to me
I said you’re gonna ride around
When I’m on a little home babe,
Bring it on home, you bring it on home,
Bring it on home, bring it on home,
I said your love brings life to me, yeah.
Circle of colour
Beautiful girl
Daughter of yellow
Mother of pearl
I used to know her
She gave me the time
Then she just left me
I thought she was mine
On my mind liquid pearl
Coolest blue, fire world
But i can't seem to change her mind
Son of secret
Sacred child
Daughter of yellow
Mother of pearl
She used to love me
I gave her my soul
Those delicate hours
She lost control
On my mind liquid pearl
Coolest blue, fire world
But i can't seem to change her mind
Son of pearl
Green deep sea
She knows what she means to me
Will her heart ever burn anymore
Burn me out from the inside
Turn me upside down
I've got to satisfy my soul
I want you now as then
Don't tell me you want to stay
Too much time now has passed
Too too soon nothing to do
I was only thinking I would do right
Now and then I need a little sting
I was only trying not to second guess
Why you came but
Since I left you
I'm chasing opposites
Things that you do
Play on my mind till I so tired I can'tt
I can't see when you go
I can't see when you go
Silencing me, telling me things
No reason I should stay
When you know what to say
To taunt me
Talk is cheap
That look of yours
Too too cold
Now the cause
Could you feel ( could you feel )
So ravaged and misunderstood
Everything cha, cha, chained
Nothing remains
So consider now
When it was easy
Knowing what you do and what you gave
I was silly knowing what was to be
My mistake but
Since I left you
I'm chasing opposites
Things that you do
Play on my mind till I sets hard I can't
I can't see when you go
I can't see when you go
Silence away, silence with things
No reason why should stay
When you know what to say
To taunt me
That you will never see X6
That will never step on me
A sense of, since i left you
Since I left you
I'm chasing opposites
Things that you do
Play on my mind till I sets hard i can't
I can't see when you go
I can't see when you go
Silence away, silence with things
No reason why should stay
When you know what to say
Hot hands
Move things
I write in his wall
I have no mind at all
Hot things
Move him
I write on his wall
I have no heart at all
I think she's a pretty little fool
She holds me down, she flows
She has a back like Marie
I think he's a crazy bastard
Drives me home, he goes
You have a back like Marie
You have pearls in your eyes
And you use your burning to wrap yourself in
And you use your fever to hide yourself away
And you use sweating to keep me down
And you use your heat to have me
And you use your fire to be stronger than me
And you use your flame agains me
I won't come back like Marie
The pearls on my eyes
These pearls on my eyes
They make me blind
I write on your wall
I have no eyes at all
I write on your wall
This is no ordinary girl
Ain't got no jaded feeling
Behind the foolin' lies the strength
For a vision to come, I must come clean
And it's a bad, it's a bad, such a bad state of affairs
That she holds in the palm of her hand
And it's a bad, it's a bad, such a bad state of affairs
I hope she can understand it
This is no ordinary girl
I ain't got no jaded feeling
This is no ordinary girl
She jokes as she stares at the ceiling
Deep down, you're drowning, I can see the tears
Deep down, you just don't have a clue
How's a crippled man inside?
How's the hopeless Mister Blue?
This is no ordinary girl
I ain't got no jaded feeling
This is no ordinary girl
I ain't got no jaded feeling
This is no ordinary girl
Pearl,into the night
you‘re running away
The preacher is after you
Pearl,your brother,Pearl
On his way to being a man
Looks after you so well
In between hate and love
In between bad and good
You ride into the night
The money is in your Bunny
That’s what the preacher wants
Your father robbed the bank
Pearl,you’re starving,Pearl
And you’re not the only one
You’re singing on the boat
In between hate and love
In between bad and good
You ride into the night
Oh pearl,if you look at
The devil in the eye
I’m sure,oh yes I’m sure
He would do you no harm
No bad religion there
Only,only bad men
We ‘re not,we are not that bad
But we lose our way
You ride into the night
You ride into the night
We begin with singletons, sages, and the onionskin on
Those of heart beat back the buried sunshine
Yeah, That's how it is.
Aggressive summers
Broken windows, silence
Breaks the coming thunder.
Aren't we silly filled with hope and bandages?
Oh oh (oh oh)
All our lives in pearls
Oh oh (oh oh)
All our afternoons sitting on setting suns
If there's really nothing going wrong
Then there's really nothing going on.
We have eyes of stealing will, we are born
To kill and we will.
All our muscles, ruffled feathers are fear
Here completely. It beats me, keeps me and
Leaves me like a love.
Aren't we silly filled with hope and bandages?
Oh oh (oh oh)
All our lives in pearls
Oh oh (oh oh)
All our afternoons setting on setting suns
If there's really nothing going wrong
Then there's really nothing going on
Oh oh oh
You and me
And everyone
Everyone that we know knows it's done
Aren't we silly filled with hope and bandages?
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Cant's are filled with walls
Oh, people let me tell you
No matter how far I travel
No matter how far I roam
There's no other girl in the whole wide world
Sweet as the girl I, I got at home
Woah and I love that girl so
(Oh, I love that girl so)
Yeah, I need that girl, children
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Let me tell you, I love that girl so
(Oh, I love that girl so)
And I call that girl Pearl
Sweetest girl in the world
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)
Sweet young thing
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Sweet sixteen
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Props I can't afford to lose
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
She's the only thing
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
That stands between
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Me and
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
The Twelfth Street Blues
(Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Woah and I love that girl so, have mercy
(Oh, I love that girl so)
I need that girl so
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I love that girl so, have mercy
(Oh, I love that girl so)
I'm talkin' 'bout Pearl
Sweetest girl in the world
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby
(Oh, I love that girl so)
Oh baby, baby, baby, baby
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Oh, I love that girl so
(Oh, I love that girl so)
Sweetest girl in the world
(Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, I love that girl
Love that, love that girl, love that girl, yeah
(Oh, I love that girl so)
I need that girl so
(Oh, I need that girl so)
Woah I love that girl, woah
(Oh, I love that girl so)
And I call that little girl Pearl
Sweetest girl in the world
Sweetest girl in the world, love that girl Pearl
My wooden fork… it scares my heart! Why?
My wooden fork… it scares my heart...
My wooden fork… it scares my heart! Why?
My wooden fork… it scares my heart...
My wooden fork… it scares my heart...Why?
My wooden fork… it scares my heart...
My small room… it scares my heart… Why?
My small bed… it scares my heart!!
I can fly! Do you believe?
I can fly! Do you believe?
Today I crossed the border
the limits of this world
and hidden under water
I found the sacred pearl
Beasts of stone are watching me
following behind
in their marble monastry
they can read my mind
On my chain of memories
the next pearl will be you
silken treasure full of pleasure
and you are bleeding blue
The three veils of ignorance
cover up your soul
seperation, imperfection
and illusion of the action
Only silence is the key
let the voices sleep
search for ancient mistery
in the ocean deep
On my chain of memories
the next pearl will be you
silcon treasure full of pleasure
and you are bleeding blue
Every diamond must be cut
till it´s beauty will be true
silken treasure full of pleasure
God sees you
He knows where you are
You are not forgotten
God knows you
He chose you
You're spoken of in heaven
Only God, Only God can see inside every human heart
Only God really knows you
God made you
He loves you as you are
You are not just a face in a crowd
God hears you
He's near you
And He's closer than you think
Only God, Only
God can see inside every human heart
Only God really knows you
Only God truly understands the issues of the heart
Only God, Only God
You are God's masterpiece
When will you realise that it's true
There is a God who cares
A God who loves
A God who sees
God hears you
He's near you
And He's closer than you think