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[00:01.34]Standing on the water casting your bread
[00:04.68]While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
[00:12.54]Distant ships sailing into the mist,
[00:15.41]You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
[00:22.87]Freedom just around the corner for you
[00:29.72]But with truth so far off, what good will it do?
[00:37.12]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[00:40.74]Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[00:44.36]Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
[00:52.17]So swiftly the sun sets in the sky,
[00:55.19]You rise up and say goodbye to no one
[01:02.38]Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,
[01:05.72]Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one
[01:13.32]Shedding off one more layer of skin,
[01:19.88]Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
[01:27.18]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[01:30.70]Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[01:34.20]Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman.
[01:41.66]You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,
[01:44.63]Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister
[01:51.96]You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
[01:53.92]But what do you care? Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister
[02:02.85]Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame,
[02:09.75]You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name
[02:16.38]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[02:20.07]Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[02:23.47]Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
[02:40.77]Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy,
[02:43.96]The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
[02:51.02]In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed,
[02:54.61]Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features.
[03:01.75]Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space,
[03:08.74]Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face
[03:16.18]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[03:20.85]Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[03:24.19]Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
[03:42.72]Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame,
[03:46.08]Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
[03:53.33]Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks,
[03:56.68]Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain,
[04:03.55]False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin,
[04:10.13]Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in
[04:17.27]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[04:20.87]Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[04:25.15]Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
[04:43.16]It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray,
[04:46.26]A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
[04:53.56]He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat,
[04:57.16]Take the motherless children off the street
[04:59.82]And place them at the feet of a harlot
[05:04.69]Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants,
[05:11.13]Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response
[05:18.45]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[05:21.84]Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[05:25.38]Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
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