A String of Pearls - Benny Goodman

A long time ago

When my mother’s hands were all my world

She taught me everything there was to know about

Holding and being held

Like a grain of sand in an oyster shell

The seed of knowledge grows

The small thing becomes a pearl

At the tender age

When everything is unfamiliar

I can remember all the rough-play princess

And the wild crusader

Never too shy for a mission of discovery

I learned about the well

Of my curiosity

Some wear their heart on their sleeve

Some wear the patience of saints

Some wear the weight of the world on their shoulders

I just wear my string of pearls

My string of pearls

The first time that I really fell in love

I gave half my heart away and taking care of half of his

A proof we were old enough

All of those teenage radio songs

About romance that lasts for ever

Well, I found out they’d got it wrong

Some wear their heart on their sleeve

Some wear the patience of saints

Some wear the weight of the world on their shoulders

I just wear my string of pearls

My string of pearls

Waiting for gurus or gypsies or gods

Under these burning clouds

Searching for comfort above

When I joined a band to be a rock and roll star

I tasted how sweet it was to be the girl that everybody wanted

Playing a little bar

Spotlights shine on me

'Cause when the party’s over

You’re just a waste of electricity

And

Some wear their heart on their sleeve

Some wear the patience of saints

Some wear the weight of the world on their shoulders

I just wear my string of pearls

My string of pearls

I got a life

I guess it suits me pretty well

I gotta crawl down narrow allleyways to Heaven

Or stroll boulevards to Hell

Bead by bead of wisdom and poetry

All the blind paths and avenues

Dimly lit by my rosary

And

Some wear their heart on their sleeve

Some wear the patience of saints

Some wear the weight of the world on their shoulders, oh

Oh

Some wear a crown of thorns

Some wear out their welcome

But somewhere over the rainbow

I will wear my string of pearls

My string of pearls

My string of pearls

I will wear my string of pearls