Peter
A.L.Webber Lyrics

Maid by the fire:
The woman who works by the fire

I think I've seen you somewhere I remember
I recognize you from somewhere

You were with that man they took away
You were with the man who was arrested

I recognize your face
I remember seeing your face with him

[Peter]
Peter speaks

You've got the wrong man lady I don't know him
You are mistaken, I do not know the man

And I wasn't where he was tonight - never near the place
Furthermore, I was not even in the same location as him tonight

[Soldier]
A soldier speaks

That's strange for I'm sure I saw you with him
That is odd because I am positive I saw you with him

You were right by his side and yet you denied -
You were standing right beside him and yet you denied knowing him

[Peter]
Peter speaks

I tell you I was never ever with him
I insist I have never been with him

[Old man]
An old man speaks

But I saw you too - it looked just like you
But I saw you with him and you looked exactly like the person the lady is describing

[Peter]
Peter speaks

I don't know him!
I swear I do not know him

[Mary Magdalene]
Mary Magdalene speaks

Peter - don't you know what you have said
Peter, do you realize what you have admitted?

You've gone and cut him dead
You have betrayed and denied him

[Peter]
Peter speaks

I had to do it don't you see?
I had no choice, can't you understand?

Or else they'd go for me
Otherwise, I would also be in trouble

[Mary Magdalene]
Mary Magdalene speaks

That's what he told us you would do -
That's what he predicted you would do

I wonder how he knew ...
I am curious as to how he had that foresight