Caetano Veloso - Jokerman (Live 1992)(1993)

[00:16.77] Standing on the waters, casting your bread
[00:20.15] While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
[00:28.68] Distant ships sailing into the mist
[00:32.14] You were born with a snake in both of your fists
[00:34.83] While a hurricane was blowing
[00:40.02] Freedom just around the corner for you
[00:47.58] But with truth so far off, what good will it do?
[00:55.77] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[00:59.44] Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[01:03.16] Oh, Jokerman
[01:10.96] So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
[01:14.74] You rise up and say goodbye to no one
[01:22.40] Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
[01:26.06] Both of their futures so full of dread
[01:29.01] You don't show one
[01:33.57] Shedding off one more layer of skin
[01:40.63] Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
[01:48.48] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[01:52.01] Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[01:55.84] Oh, Jokerman
[02:02.93] You're a man of the mountains
[02:05.22] You can walk on the clouds
[02:06.66] Manipulator of crowds
[02:09.76] You're a dream twister
[02:14.05] You're going to Sodom and Gomorrah
[02:16.12] But what do you care?
[02:18.07] Ain't nobody there who'd want to marry your sister
[02:26.12] Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
[02:32.89] You look into the fiery furnace
[02:35.24] See the rich man without any name
[02:40.92] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[02:44.47] Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[02:48.19] Oh, Jokerman
[02:55.20] Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
[02:59.31] The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
[03:06.42] In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
[03:10.42] Michelangelo indeed could've carved out your features
[03:18.10] Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
[03:25.09] Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face
[03:33.06] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[03:36.76] Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[03:39.94] Oh, Jokerman
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[04:39.21] Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame
[04:42.97] Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain
[04:50.31] Nightsticks, water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
[04:53.82] Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
[05:01.45] False-hearted judges, dying in the webs that they spin
[05:08.35] Only a matter of time 'til night comes steppin' in
[05:16.31] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[05:20.05] Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[05:23.89] Oh, Jokerman
[05:30.83] It is a shadowy world, skies are slippery gray
[05:35.06] A woman just gave birth to a prince today
[05:37.36] And dressed him in scarlet
[05:41.89] He'll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat
[05:46.12] Take the motherless children off the street
[05:48.26] And place them at the feet of a harlot
[05:53.37] Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
[05:59.95] Oh, Jokerman, you don't show any response
[06:08.16] Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
[06:11.90] Bird fly high by the light of the moon
[06:15.07] Oh, Jokerman
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