There must be some kinda way out of here Said the joker to the thief There's too much confusion I can't get no relief Businessmen, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line Know what any of it is worth
No reason to get excited The thief, he kindly spoke There are many here among us Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely now The hour's getting too late
All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women they came and they went Barefoot servants too
Outside in the cold distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl