{"id":85452,"date":"2019-01-03T16:20:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T00:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85452"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:13:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T21:13:23","slug":"q172-transcript","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/jonestown.sdsu.edu\/?page_id=85452","title":{"rendered":"Q172 Transcript"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you use this material, please credit The Jonestown Institute. Thank you.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

To read the Tape Summary, click here<\/a>. Listen to MP3 (Pt. 1<\/a>,\u00a0Pt. 2<\/a>).
\nTo return to the Tape Index, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Music by Jonestown band<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Song 1: <\/strong>Instrumental<\/p>\n

Male: Yes, we\u2019re taking a special ride with the Jonestown Express.<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

Song 2: <\/strong>(Woman singer)<\/p>\n

There ain\u2019t no reason for you to be sad
\nWell, yeah,
\nTo find out it can\u2019t be,
\nIt can\u2019t be this bad,
\nPut a smile on your face
\nWhy don\u2019t you be who you are?
\nI know you\u2019ll feel better.
\nIf you will only try to make it happen.
\nThat\u2019s the only way to be
\nMake it happen.
\nTry and you will see,
\nThere ain\u2019t no reason that you have to sit down, yeah
\n(unintelligible line)
\nYou were born to be free, born to be free, free to be who you are
\nI know you\u2019ll get better
\nIf you will only try
\nMake it happen.
\nThat\u2019s the only way to be,
\nIs to make it happen.
\nTry and you will see.
\nThere ain\u2019t no reason for you to be sad
\nWell, yeah,
\nTo find out it can\u2019t be,
\nIt can\u2019t be this bad,
\nPut a smile on your face
\nWhy don\u2019t you be who you are?
\nI know you\u2019ll get better.
\nIf you will only try to make it happen.
\nThat\u2019s the only way to be
\nMake it happen.
\nTry and you will see.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Song 3:<\/strong> (Woman singer)
\n(\u201cKeep On Dancing\u201d, by the Jackson 5)<\/p>\n

Baby, baby, listen to me
\nThere is something your eyes should see
\nShow you what you\u2019ve got to do
\nYou just follow, I\u2019ll let you through
\nYou gotta keep on dancin\u2019
\nLet the music take your mind
\nKeep on dancin\u2019
\nHave a real, real good time
\nWhy don\u2019t you get up off the floor
\nKeep on dancin\u2019
\nYou can\u2019t get no more (unintelligible word)
\nKeep on dancin\u2019, dancin\u2019, yeah
\nGet up off the floor
\nDancin\u2019 (unintelligible word) make you happy
\nAnd happy\u2019s what you want to be
\nDancin\u2019 fast, just spinnin\u2019 around
\nDancin\u2019 slow and you get down
\nYou gotta keep on dancin\u2019
\nLet the music take your mind
\nKeep on dancin\u2019
\nHave a real, real good time
\nKeep on dancin\u2019
\nWhy don\u2019t you get up off the floor
\nKeep on dancin\u2019
\nYou can\u2019t get more (unintelligible word)
\nDancin\u2019, dancin\u2019
\n(Scats for balance of song)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Song 4:<\/strong> (\u201cThere\u2019s a spark of magic in your eyes,\u201d by the Stylistics)<\/p>\n

Male: <\/strong>Here\u2019s the sweet, smooth velvet voice of the sweet ol\u2019 called Miss Ollie Smith. Come on.<\/p>\n

There\u00b4s 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\u00b4m near you
\nYou\u00b4re a genie in disguise
\nFull of wonder and surprise<\/p>\n

Oh betcha by golly, wow
\nYou\u00b4re the one that I\u00b4ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you keep growin\u00b4 strong
\nKeep growin\u00b4 strong<\/p>\n

If I could I\u00b4d catch a falling star
\nTo shine on you so I\u00b4ll know where you are
\nOrder rainbows in your favorite shade
\nTo say I love you, thinking of you
\nWrite your name across the sky
\nAnything you ask I\u00b4ll try,<\/p>\n

Oh, betcha by golly, wow
\nYou\u00b4re the one that I\u00b4ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you keep growin\u00b4 strong
\nKeep growin\u00b4 strong,<\/p>\n

Oh, betcha by golly, wow
\nYou\u00b4re the one that I\u00b4ve been waiting for forever
\nAnd ever will my love for you keep growin\u00b4 strong
\nKeep growin\u00b4 strong<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Male:<\/strong> That was the\u2013<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

Song 5:<\/strong> (Instrumental)<\/p>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

Song 6: <\/strong>(Julius Evans sings)<\/p>\n

Run to the sunset hand in hand
\nA lonely beach
\nThe warmth of her laughter
\nThis is the place and time you\u2019d rather be
\nJust not for now
\nBut ever after
\nWhen you think of the beginning
\nWhen your love is true
\nThe joy and the sorrow
\nAre feelings that are true
\nThe day we\u2019ll be together
\nFor as it goes
\nLove becomes impressions in the diary of your mind
\nLove becomes a precious gem so hard to find
\nWhen you think of filling all the spaces in your life
\nLonely places in your life
\nYeah yeah yeah yeah
\nKeep on running
\nThrough your mind
\nKeep on running
\nThrough your mind, yeah yeah yeah
\nKeep on running
\nThrough your mind
\nWhen you stand to the silent invitations of her eyes
\nYou draw her near to make sweet love
\nTill the sound begins to rise
\nYou know how to touch each other
\nIn your body, mind and soul.
\nThere is no greater ecstasy
\nThan when love has taken hold
\n(unintelligible line)
\nFor as it goes
\nLove becomes impressions in the diary of your mind
\nLove becomes a precious gem that\u2019s so hard to find
\nAnd when you think of filling all the spaces in your life
\nLonely places in your life
\nOh, yeah
\nKeep on running
\nThrough your mind
\nKeep on running
\n(Scats for balance of song)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Male:<\/strong> That\u2019s the mighty Julius [Evans]. Let\u2019s get some (unintelligible word) for Julius.<\/p>\n

(tape edit)<\/p>\n

Band plays instrumental version of \u201cSweet Georgia Brown\u201d in background throughout as woman speaks<\/p>\n

“Moms Mabley” [likely Bertha Cook]:\u00a0<\/b>Now this is where it separates the old folks from the young folks. Woo. Greg gave me a pat on the back, I notice he\u2019s getting a little bit lower each time.<\/p>\n

Crowd:\u00a0<\/b>(calls and laughter)<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>Oh, thank you, son. Mom needs it. Shooh! Well, I\u2019ll tell you, tonight I\u2019ve just been asked to repeat<\/i>. So, keep your memory a little high. First one, Jimmy asked me to do. You know, I wrote a little book for children only. I\u2019m redoing the nursery rhymes. Let the children know the truth<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Crowd:\u00a0<\/b>(Laughter)<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>Yeah. So you know that one that says, Mary had a little lamb, Fleece was white as snow? No way. Mary had a little lamb, and the doctor was really surprised.<\/p>\n

Crowd:\u00a0<\/b>(calls and laughter)<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>Now you know, Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, to get her poor dog a bone. When she got there, the cupboard was bare. That\u2019s the old way. Moms telling it like it is. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard, to get her poor dog a bone. When she bent over, Rover took over.<\/p>\n

Crowd:\u00a0<\/b>(calls and laughter)<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>He gave her a bone of his own.<\/p>\n

Crowd:\u00a0<\/b>(calls and laughter)<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>I like Jimmy\u2019s jokes. There was another (unintelligible word) goodie. I thought it was a little goodie. Someone asked me to do this. This is about Jesus.<\/p>\n

Voice in crowd:\u00a0<\/b>Oh, go ahead.<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>You know, he always\u2013 he was the best teacher we\u2019ve had. Yeah? So one morning, early, he was taking his disciples and a few others on a retreat. So they started out very, very early. And as they walked along, he said, now everybody pick up a stone. My, my. So there\u2019s always a lazy one in the bunch. (Laughs) I know a certain little black fellow picked up a pebble. So okay. They went on the long day\u2019s journey. Starting at about noon, he says, now everybody sit down. They were all in the shade, sittin\u2019 down. And he says, now, put forth your stone. And they did. And he turned it into bread. So everybody ate and had a good meal, all but this one fellow who picked up the pebble. As they started on the afternoon journey, he got a great big stone. The others were very full, so they got smaller por\u2013 smaller stones. And as they walked along, it was pretty hot, but in the evening, he sat them down and started teaching. So he said, everyone now put forth your rocks and lay them on the ground. So they did, and so he said, upon this rock, I build my stone\u2013 my church, on that big<\/i>rock. The fellow said, not on this<\/i>rock. You gone turn this rock to bread<\/i>tonight.<\/p>\n

(Music)<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>Well, I can only tell you one more. You wanna hear that one?<\/p>\n

Voice in crowd:\u00a0<\/b>Yeah, go ahead, Mom.<\/p>\n

Moms:\u00a0<\/b>Well, when we were down\u2013 when I was down in the San Francisco, right there at Geary and Fillmore, a lady got on the bus. She had a baby. The bus driver said, umm, is that a ugly baby. So she got so mad, she was just so mad, and she was mumblin\u2019 as she walked back to her seat. She sat down beside a drunk. And he said, what\u2019s the matter, lady? She says, that bus driver\u2013 driver called my baby ugly. She said, I am so mad. He said, well, lady, you go up there and give him a piece of your mind. Tell him just what you think about him. And if he don\u2019t like it, I\u2019ll come up there, and I\u2019m gone help you out. But he said\u2013 he stretched out his hand and said, give me your monkey, I\u2019ll hold it while you \u2013<\/p>\n

Crowd:\u00a0<\/b>(Laughter and band over last two words)<\/p>\n

Male<\/b>: One more time for Moms Mabley.<\/p>\n

(tape edit)<\/p>\n

Song 7: <\/strong>\u201cThe Way We Were,\u201d by Gladys Knight<\/p>\n

Could it be that it was all so simple then
\nOr has time rewritten every line?
\nAnd if we had the chance to do it again
\nTell me
\nWould we?
\nCould we?
\nMemories like the corners of my mind
\nMisty watercolor memories
\nOf the way we were
\nScattered pictures of the smiles we left behind
\nSmiles we gave to one another
\nFor the way we were
\nCould it be that it was all so, so simple then
\nOr has time rewritten every line
\nAnd if we had the chance to do it again
\nTell me
\nWould we?
\nCould we?
\nMemories were beautiful and yet
\nWhat’s too painful to remember
\nWe simply choose to forget
\nOh, it’s the laughter we will remember
\nWhenever we remember
\nThe way we were.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Song 8:<\/strong> \u201cEverybody\u2019s Talking at Me,\u201d by Harry Nilsson<\/p>\n

Everybody’s talkin’ about me
\nI can’t hear a word they’re sayin’
\nOnly the echoes of my mind
\nPeople stop and starin’
\nI can’t even see their faces
\nOnly the shadows of their eyes<\/p>\n

I’m going where the sun keeps shinin’
\nThrough the pouring rain
\nGoin\u2019 where the weather suits my clothes
\nBankin\u2019 off of the northeast winds
\nSailin\u2019 on a summer breeze
\nSkippin\u2019 over the ocean like a stone<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Woman:<\/strong> (Speaks) Diane [Wilkerson] on piano, let\u2019s give her a hand. (Pause) Lew Jones on congas. (Pause) Put your hands together.<\/p>\n

Song 9:<\/strong> \u201cHow Deep Is Your Love,\u201d by the BeeGees (periodic tape distortions) sung by male, joined by woman<\/p>\n

(first few lines distorted)<\/p>\n

How deep is your love, how deep is your love
\nHow deep is your love?
\nI really mean to learn
\n‘Cause we’re living in a world of fools
\nBreaking us down when they all should let us be
\nWe belong to you and me<\/p>\n

I believe in you
\nYou know the door to my very soul
\nYou’re the light in my deepest, darkest hour
\nYou’re my savior when I fall
\nAnd you may not think I care for you
\nWhen you know down inside that I really do
\nAnd it’s me you need to show<\/p>\n

(Repeated several times)<\/p>\n

One more time. One more time, come on.<\/p>\n

(Chorus repeated several times)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(Tape edit)<\/p>\n

Song 10: <\/strong>Adaptation of \u201cYoung, Gifted and Black,\u201d by Aretha Franklin)<\/p>\n

To be strong, gifted, and black;
\nOh, what a lovely precious thing
\nOh, when you’re, when you’re
\nStrong, gifted, and black
\nWe must begin to tell our people
\nIn a cold world, you know
\nThere’s are millions of boys and girls
\nWho are strong, gifted and black
\nWell, well, they got their souls intact
\nAnd that’s a fact!
\nAnd that’s a fact!
\nTo be strong, gifted and black
\nOurs is a quest, that\u2019s just begun
\nThere’s a world waiting for you
\nYours is the quest that’s just begun
\nWhen you\u2019re feeling just a little low
\nThere\u2019s a great truth you all should remember and know:
\nThat we are strong, gifted, and black!
\nWe got our souls intact
\nAnd that’s a fact!
\nAnd that’s a fact!
\nWe got our souls intact
\nWe got our souls intact – and that’s a fact, that\u2019s a fact!
\nThere’s are millions of boys and girls
\nWho are strong, gifted and black
\nWell, they got their souls intact
\nthey got their souls intact
\nthey got their souls intact
\nthey got their souls intact
\nthey got their souls intact
\nthey got their souls intact
\nthey got their souls intact
\nCome on, clap your hands,
\nCome on, clap your hands,
\nCome on, clap your hands,
\nTo be strong, strong strong strong
\nTo be strong\u2013<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(tape edit)<\/p>\n

Male: <\/strong>\u2013( unintelligible beginning) coming at you, straight out of the jungle, because this gonna blow your mind this time, because we was movin\u2019 and doin\u2019 with the Jonestown Express. You can bet your last money, it\u2019s all gone be a (unintelligible word) honey on the behalf of the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project. It\u2019s always been fun, but I want to tell you, this was a Jim Jones Production, child baby.<\/p>\n

Crowd:<\/strong> (Cries and cheers)<\/p>\n

Song 11:<\/strong> Instrumental<\/p>\n

Song 12:<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019ll make the first step
\nAnd you will make the last
\nWe\u2019ll join hands with Father
\nWe\u2019ll go
\nThe hills may sometimes
\nSeem hard for you to climb
\nBut I know we can make it by and by
\nWe\u2019ll go on fighting
\nTill this ends
\nTo live together in peace<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll make the first step
\nAnd you will make\u2013 make the next
\nAnd we\u2019ll join hands with Father
\nWe\u2019ll go
\nThe hills may sometimes
\nSeem hard for us to climb
\nBut I know we\u2019re gonna make it by and by
\nWe\u2019ll go, go, go on fighting
\nUntil this ends
\nTo live together in peace
\nTogether in peace<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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