Jokerman Lyrics - Caetano Veloso

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Standing on the waters casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing.
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing.
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with the truth so far off what good will it do?
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Ohhhhh oh ohohhhhh oh oh oh oh jokerman.

So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
You rise up and say goodbye to no one.
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Both of their futures so full of dread you don't show one.
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh oh oh jokerman.

You're a man of the mountains you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds you're a dream twister.
You're going to sodom and gomorrah
But what do you care? ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister.
Friend to the martyr a friend to the woman of shame
You look into the fiery furnace see the rich man without any name.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh oh oh jokerman.

Well the book of leviticus and deuteronomy
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers.
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features.
Resting in the fields far from the turbulent space
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh. oh. oh. jokerman.

Well the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same who'll get there first is uncertain.
Nightsticks and water cannons tear gas padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh oh oh jokerman.

It's a shadowy world skies are slippery gray
A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet.
He'll put the priest in his pocket put the blade to the heat
Take the motherless children off the street
And place them at the feet of a harlot.
Oh jokerman you know what he wants
Oh jokerman you don't show any response.

Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh oh oh jokerman.

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