Caetano Veloso - Jokerman (Live 1992)

[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 [03:49.22] [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 [06:27.33]