Pearl

Neil Young was in the playground
fooling around with his tambourine

Bob Dylan huffed & puffed on the swinging set
but his ol'Zimmerman just couldn't be seen

with Jimi tripping in his garden
watering a psychedelic flower
he said there were many more among us
all along the famous watching tower

three riders fast approaching
David Bowie floated into outer space
his mother said she loved Bing Crosby
who had an honest crooner's face

but never sang with Stevie Nicks
so he never broke her chain
never got to ride her landslide
in a midnight pouring rain

and the Grateful Dead were grateful
for the cold smoke up their nose
but even Elvis Presley didn't know
which way his old hound dog goes

Roy Orbison watched her leave
he saw her shopping on the street
she came walking back his way
hoping they would meet

in the jailhouse or on the blue bayou
where a bad moon was on the rise
he looked around just about midnight

and saw the woman who had the most perfect eyes

no Patti Smith with her sad lament and sighs

she was a small town girl from Texas
who thought she'd give the big time life a whirl
Big Brother and the Holding Company:

we all knew her name was Pearl.