JOKER MAN  (Bob Dylan)
 

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Standin' on the water casting your bread, 
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While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing.
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Distant ships sailin' into the mist,
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You were born with a snake in both of your fists, while a hurricane was blowing.
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Freedom, just around the corner for you.
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But with truth so far off,    what good would it do?


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Jokerman dance to the nightingale's tune.
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Bird fly high by the light of the moon.   Oh, Oh  oh,    oh   Joker man.


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


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You're a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds,
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Manipulator of crowds, you're a dream twister. 
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You go to Sodom and Gomorrah, but what do you care?
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Ain't nobody there would want to marry your sister. 
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A friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame.
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You look into the fiery furnace see the rich man without any name.


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


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Well the mafia man stalkin' the sick and the lame,
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Preacher man seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain.
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Matchsticks and water cannons teargas, padlocks,
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Molotav cocktails and rocks, behind every curtain. 
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False-hearted judges dyin' in the webs that they spin. 
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Only a matter of time till night comes steppin' in.


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


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