{"id":27355,"date":"2013-06-16T00:19:36","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T00:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativejonestown.com\/?page_id=27355"},"modified":"2019-12-30T14:56:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T22:56:15","slug":"q174","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=27355","title":{"rendered":"Q174 Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transcript prepared by Fielding M. McGehee III. If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/strong><\/i><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Summary, click here.<\/a> Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>, Pt. 2<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

End of song 1:<\/i><\/p>\n

Message in our music
\nMusic
\nMessage in our music
\nMusic
\nMessage in our music<\/p>\n

Man:<\/b> Oh, yeah, that’s the Jonestown Express. And now we’re gonna-<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

Song 2:<\/i><\/p>\n

There ain’t really no reason for you to be sad,
\nHey, well,
\n‘Cause I know it can’t be, it can’t be (unintelligible word)
\nBaby, baby
\nThere’s a smile on your face
\nWhy don’t you be who you are
\nI know you can’t fathom
\nIt’s too long a time
\nTo make it happen
\nOh, yeah,
\nThat’s the only way to be
\n(unintelligible word) make it happen.
\nHoney you will see,
\nThere ain’t no reason that you have to sit down, yeah
\nYou do it if you want to, and you’re positive, yeah, well
\nPeople born to be free
\nFree to see who you are
\nI know you can better
\nIf you will only try
\nAnd make it happen
\nOh, yeah, that’s the only way to be
\nMake it happen.
\nDarling, you will see.
\nThere ain’t no reason for you to sad,
\nNo, well,
\n‘Cause I know it can’t be, it can’t be (unintelligible word)
\nBaby, baby
\nThere’s a smile on your face
\nWhy don’t you be who you are
\nI know you can’t fathom
\nIt’s too real long a time to make it happen
\nOh, that’s the only way to be,
\nAnd make it happen
\nHoney you will see.<\/p>\n

(Song 3) (“Keep On Dancing”, by the Jackson 5)<\/i><\/p>\n

Baby, baby, listen to me,
\nYeah, there’s something your eyes should see
\nTell you what you got to do
\nYou just follow, I’ll let you through
\nKeep on dancin’
\nLet the music take your mind.
\nKeep on dancin’
\nHave a real, real good time
\nKeep on dancin’
\nWhy don’t you get up off the floor
\nKeep on dancin’
\nYou can’t get no more
\nKeep dancin’, dancin’, yeah
\nGet up off the floor
\nDancin’ (unintelligible word) will make you happy
\nAnd happy’s what you want to be
\nDancin’ fast, just spinning round
\nDancin’ slow, when you get down
\nYou keep on dancin’
\nLet the music take your mind.
\nKeep on dancin’, ha!
\nHave a real, real good time
\nWhy don’t you get up off the floor
\nKeep on dancin’
\nJust can’t get no-
\nKeep on dancin’, dancin’
\nHey hey hey hey hey hey hey hey
\nAll right all right all right all right all right all right all right
\nGet up off your feet and dance, dance
\nGet up off your feet and dance, dance
\nGet up off your feet and dance, dance
\nHey, get up off your feet and dance, dance
\nGet up off your feet and dance, dance
\nGet up off your feet and dance, dance
\nGet up off your feet and dance, dance
\nAll right all right all right all right all right
\nHey hey hey hey<\/p>\n

(Song 4)<\/i><\/p>\n

Beatles Song, “I’ve Just Seen a Face,” Instrumental<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 5) <\/i><\/p>\n

Mmmm
\nOh yeah
\nI have never yet been so loved
\nIn love before
\nBut a (unintelligible word) from Jonestown made me my life
\nSo (unintelligible word), so right
\nJonestown gave me something new
\nThat I never, never felt
\nNever seen and done
\nSomething changed
\nGone with (unintelligible word) feeling I had before
\nWhen we had this much more than they could see
\nLove
\nI never knew that his love could mean so much
\nAnd what a difference
\nAnd when we walked hand in hand
\nI feel so (unintelligible word)
\nYes, Jim Jones gave me something new that I never, never had,
\nNever dreamed of
\nSomething changed,
\n(unintelligible line) feeling I had before
\nOh no,
\nWhen we had this much more than they could see
\nOh yeah, now
\nWhen we had this much more than they can see
\nWe can sing that
\nWhen we had this much more than they could see
\nOh yeah,
\nWe’ve got so much, darlin’
\nOh, when we had this much more than they could see
\nCan see, can see<\/p>\n

(Song 6) (“Float On”, by the Floaters)<\/i><\/p>\n

Float, float on,
\nFloat on, float on
\nFloat, float on, girl
\nFloat on, float on
\nTake my hand
\nCome with me, baby, to love me
\nLet me show you how sweet it can be, yeah
\nSharing love here with me
\nI want you to float, float on, girl
\nFloat on, float on,
\nOh, baby, float on
\nYeah, float on, float on<\/p>\n

(Spoken) My name is Charles
\nAnd I like a lady who loves everything about herself
\nI love a lady who knows how to handle herself
\nAnd if this fits you, this is what I want you to do<\/p>\n

(Sings)
\nMmm, yeah
\nTake my hand, girl,
\nCome with me, baby, to love me, yeah
\nLet me show you how sweet it can be, baby
\nSharing love here with me
\nAnd I want you to float, float on, girl
\nFloat on, float on
\nOoh, baby
\nOoh, yeah, float on.<\/p>\n

(Musical interlude)<\/p>\n

Oh, take my hand, girl,
\nCome with me, baby, to love me,
\nLet me show you how sweet it can be, girl
\nSharing love here with me
\nI want you to float, float on, child
\nFloat on, float on
\nFloat with Ponch [Garry Dartez Johnson, aka Poncho], y’all
\nFloat on, yeah,
\nFloat on, float on
\nFloat on, yeah
\nFloat on, float on
\nOhh, girl, float, float on
\nFloat on, float on<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

Poncho:<\/b> This song is dedicated to our mom [Marceline Jones], since she is back, and I’d like to dedicate it in your honor, especially. Everybody should give her a hand. That’s right. Aren’t y’all glad she’s back?<\/p>\n

(Song 7: “The Greatest Love Of All”)<\/i><\/p>\n

I believe that children are our future
\nTeach them well and let them lead the way
\nShow them all the beauty they possess inside
\nGive them a sense of pride to make it easier
\nTo let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be
\nI decided long ago
\nNever to walk in anyone’s shadow
\nIf I fail, if I succeed
\nAt least I have lived as I believe
\nNo matter what they take from us
\nThey can’t take away our dignity
\nBecause the greatest love of all
\nWhat’s happening to me
\nI found the greatest love of all inside of me
\nThe greatest love of all
\nIs easy to achieve
\nLearning to love yourself is the greatest love of all
\nI believe the children are our future
\nTeach them well and let them lead the way
\nShow them all the beauty they possess inside
\nGive them a sense of pride, huh,
\nTo make it easier
\nTo let the children laughter
\nRemind us how it used to be
\nI decided-
\nNever to walk in anyone’s shadow
\nIf I fail, if I succeed
\nAt least I have lived as I believe
\nNo matter what they take from us
\nThey can’t take away our dignity
\nBecause the greatest love of all
\nWhat’s happening to me
\nI found that greatest love of all inside of me
\nThe greatest love of all
\nIs easy to achieve
\nLearning to love yourself is the greatest love of all
\nAnd if by chance that better place<\/p>\n

(tape fades)<\/p>\n

Leads you to a lonely place
\nFind a friend in love<\/p>\n

Marceline:<\/b> With- Hue Fortson and I said, everybody looks alike, they all look miserable. They all<\/i> looked like scrooges.<\/p>\n

Crowd:<\/b> (Reacts)<\/p>\n

Marceline:<\/b> It’s beautiful to be here, and uh, I got many letters from people here while I was gone, but the one that I got from Poncho was a little different than the rest. And I really appreciate it. He said, “Mom, I really miss you, ’cause when you shake your finger in somebody’s face,” (Laughs) “they know you mean it, and we step to.” And I appreciated the fact that he knew that I did it because I cared. I’m not always right, but I usually say it like I see it, and you have a right to say, you know, well, there’s a little more information that you don’t have and- and I changed my mind. But that was what I got from Poncho, you know. I sure miss you sha- shaking your finger in my face. Thanks for that song, Poncho. It’s beautiful. It’s one of my favorite songs.<\/p>\n

Crowd:<\/b> (Applause)<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 8)<\/i><\/p>\n

(Instrumental)<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 9: “Betcha by golly wow”)<\/i><\/p>\n

There’s a spark of magic in your eyes
\nCandyland appears each time you smile
\nNever thought that fairy tales come true
\nBut they come true, when I’m near you
\nYou’re a genie in disguise
\nFull of wonder and surprise, oh
\nBetcha by golly wow
\nYou’re the one that I’ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you
\nKeep growing strong, keep growing strong
\nBetcha by gol-
\nIf I could, I’d catch a falling star
\nTo shine on you
\nSo I’ll know where you are
\nOrder rainbows in your favorite shade
\nSay I love you, thinking of you
\nWrite my name across the sky<\/p>\n

Anything you ask, I’ll try oh
\nBetcha by golly wow
\nYou’re the one that I’ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you
\nKeep growing strong, keep growing strong oh
\nBetcha by golly wow
\nYou’re the one that I’ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you
\nKeep growing strong, keep growing strong oh
\nBetcha by golly wow
\nYou’re the one that I’ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you
\nKeep growing strong, keep growing strong<\/p>\n

(Song 10: “Our Love”)<\/i><\/p>\n

Ollie Marie Smith:<\/b> You’re my morning star
\nShining brightly beside me
\nAnd if we keep this love
\nWe will last through all eternity
\nJust the way we are, I love it, love is
\nIt’s just the way it should be
\n‘Cause our love will stand tall as a tree
\nOur love will spread wide as the sea
\nOur love will shine bright in the night
\nLike the stars above
\nAnd we’ll always be together,
\nYeah, yeah
\nMy love is surely one thing
\nYou can surely depend on
\nIn times of darkness and fear
\nI go to you, I know you’ll make me strong
\nOh, you’re gonna make me happy
\nYeah, I’m gonna make you smile
\n‘Cause our love will stand tall as a tree
\nOur love will be for the whole world to see
\nOur love will change people wrong to right
\nAnd will never die
\n‘Cause we’ll always have each other
\nHoo-hoo
\nOur love will stand tall as a tree
\nOur love will spread wide as the sea
\nOur love will shine bright in the night
\nLike the stars above
\nAnd we’ll always be together, yeah
\nOur love
\nWe got a mighty fine love
\nHey, hey baby
\nOur love
\nWe got a good old-fashioned love
\nHey
\nOur love
\nWe got a mighty, mighty fine love
\nOoh, that’s right
\nBreak it down
\nJust a little
\nBecause love is nice, love is sweet
\nLoft is soft and love is gentle
\nLove is joy, love is pain
\nLove is laughing in the rain
\nI’ve got love on my mind
\nLove is always right on time
\nLove is you and love is me
\nLove is just a little baby
\nI’ve got love on my mind
\nLove is always right on time<\/p>\n

Love is you and love is me
\nLove is gonna set me free
\nMy love
\nWe got a mighty, mighty good love
\nHey, hey baby
\nOur love
\nWe got a mighty, mighty good love
\nHey- our love
\nWe got a good old-fashioned love
\nYou know what I’m talking about
\nI know
\nOur love<\/p>\n

Man:<\/b> One more time for Ollie Smith. Oh yeah. Right on.<\/p>\n

Smith:<\/b> Woo.<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 11: “Alfie)<\/i><\/p>\n

Smith:<\/b> -we live, what’s it all about?
\nWhen we sort it out, Alfie?
\nAre we meant to take more
\nThan we give
\nOr are we meant to be kind?
\nAnd if only fools are kind, Alfie,
\nThen I guess it is wise to be cruel.
\nAnd if life belongs
\nOnly to the strong, Alfie,
\nWhat would you lend
\nOn an old golden rule?
\nAs sure as I don’t believe
\nThere’s a heaven above, Alfie
\nI know there’s something much more,
\nSomething even non-believers
\nCan believe in.
\nI believe in love, Alfie.
\nWithout true love
\nWe just exist,
\nYou’re nothing, Alfie.
\nUntil you find
\nThe love you’ve missed
\nYou’re nothing, Alfie.
\nWhen you walk
\nLet your heart lead the way
\nAnd you’ll find love any day, Alfie, Alfie.<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

(Song 12: “Summertime”)<\/i><\/p>\n

Summertime
\nAnd the livin’ is easy,
\nFish are jumpin’
\nAnd the cotton is high.
\nOh, your daddy’s rich
\nAnd somebody told me yo’ mama’s good lookin’
\nSo hush, little baby,
\nDon’t you cry.
\nOne of these mornin’s,
\nI’m gonna rise up singin’
\nThen I’ll spread my wings
\nAn’ I’ll take to the sky.
\nBut until that mornin’ comes,
\nThere’s ain’t nothin’ gonna harm me
\nYeah, yeah
\nWith Mama and Daddy
\nStandin’ by.
\nSummertime, summertime
\nAnd the livin’ is easy,
\nFish are jumpin’
\nAnd that old cotton is high.
\nOh, your daddy’s rich, your daddy’s rich
\nAnd yo’ mama, yo’ mama’s good lookin’
\nSo hush, little baby,
\nDon’t you cry.<\/p>\n

End of tape<\/b><\/p>\n

Tape originally posted February 2005<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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