[00:07.41]Standing on the waters casting your bread
[00:20.03]While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
[00:29.51]Distant ships sailing into the mist
[00:31.85]You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
[00:38.10]Freedom just around the corner for you
[00:43.59]But with the truth so far off what good will it do
[00:49.95]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[00:53.28]Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[00:55.71]Oh oh oh Jokerman
[01:07.89]So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
[01:10.56]You rise up and say goodbye to no one
[01:19.50]Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
[01:22.37]Both of their futures so full of dread you don't show one
[01:28.14]Shedding off one more layer of skin
[01:33.63]Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
[01:40.10]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[01:42.90]Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[01:45.65]Oh oh oh Jokerman
[01:49.40]You're a man of the mountains you can walk on the clouds
[01:50.67]Manipulator of crowds you're a dream twister
[01:51.71]You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
[02:12.53]But what do you care Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister
[02:15.21]Friend to the martyr a friend to the woman of shame
[02:16.29]You look into the fiery furnace see the rich man without any name
[02:35.21]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[02:38.84]Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[02:39.65]Oh oh oh Jokerman
[02:40.02]Well the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
[02:40.86]Well the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
[02:41.75]The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
[02:45.18]In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
[02:53.28]Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features
[02:59.37]Resting in the fields far from the turbulent space
[03:05.18]Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face
[03:11.12]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[03:14.12]Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[03:17.00]Oh oh oh Jokerman
[03:19.29]Well the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
[03:20.09]Preacherman seeks the same who'll get there first is uncertain
[03:21.68]Nightsticks and water cannons tear gas padlocks
[03:22.56]Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
[03:34.08]False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
[03:37.91]Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in
[03:42.75]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[03:43.65]Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[04:09.06]Oh oh oh Jokerman
[04:09.41]It's a shadowy world skies are slippery gray
[04:12.59]A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
[04:20.75]He'll put the priest in his pocket put the blade to the heat
[04:23.67]Take the motherless children off the street
[04:25.64]And place them at the feet of a harlot
[04:29.97]Oh Jokerman you know what he wants
[04:35.81]Oh Jokerman you don't show any response
[04:41.66]Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[04:44.31]Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[04:47.22]Oh oh oh Jokerman