Jokerman

Song Jokerman
Artist Bob Dylan
Album Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3

Lyrics

[00:01.05] Jokerman
[00:02.09]
[00:02.69] Standing on the waters casting your bread
[00:05.29] While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing.
[00:13.64] Distant ships sailing into the mist,
[00:16.10] You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing.
[00:26.00] Freedom just around the corner for you
[00:30.36] But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?
[00:34.67]
[00:37.82] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[00:41.42] Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[00:44.92] Oh, oh, oh, jokerman.
[00:50.24]
[00:52.57] So swiftly the sun sets in the sky,
[00:55.69] You rise up and say goodbye to no one.
[01:04.66] Fools rush in where angels fear to tread,
[01:06.05] Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don't show one.
[01:14.94] Shedding off one more layer of skin,
[01:20.35] Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.
[01:24.73]
[01:27.78] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[01:31.17] Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[01:34.43] Oh, oh, oh, jokerman.
[01:39.27]
[01:42.06] You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,
[01:44.93] Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister.
[01:52.77] You're going to sodom and gomorrah
[01:54.34] But what do you care? ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister.
[02:03.72] Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame,
[02:09.92] You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name.
[02:14.24]
[02:18.58] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[02:20.88] Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[02:24.39] Oh, oh, oh, jokerman.
[02:28.08]
[02:45.26] Well, the book of leviticus and deuteronomy,
[02:46.24] The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers.
[02:57.84] In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed,
[02:58.69] Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features.
[03:04.70] Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space,
[03:11.52] Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face.
[03:17.22]
[03:17.87] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[03:22.62] Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[03:24.37] Oh. oh. oh. jokerman.
[03:28.81]
[03:43.19] Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame,
[03:46.51] Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain.
[03:53.27] Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks,
[03:56.80] Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain,
[04:03.71] False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin,
[04:10.33] Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in.
[04:14.57]
[04:17.01] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[04:20.81] Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[04:24.19] Oh, oh, oh, jokerman.
[04:28.59]
[04:45.91] It's a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray,
[04:47.46] A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet.
[04:52.82] He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat,
[04:56.31] Take the motherless children off the street
[04:59.53] And place them at the feet of a harlot.
[05:04.53] Oh, jokerman, you know what he wants,
[05:10.47] Oh, jokerman, you don't show any response.
[05:14.58]
[05:18.45] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune,
[05:20.81] Bird fly high by the light of the moon,
[05:24.62] Oh, oh, oh, jokerman.
[05:28.73]