The Joker Lyrics - Singles - Meet The Blackbird

tell me how big must one joke be, 

before there's no one left who can even see 

it's just a joke 

and tell me how old a joke can get, 

before we're too ashamed to admit 

that we missed it 

how many roads must the joker walk, 

before ridicule replaces talk completely 

and how many clowns can walk a land, 

before we suspect some strange kind of plan 

is unfolding 

his painted face and his twisted smile, his cartoon evil entertains the child 

we like it simple or we feel betrayed, this is the house that the Joker made 

an old black man sitting on a wheel says, 

the niggers of the house war with niggers of the field- you see it comin? 

The joke is that they seem to think they're free, 

and that a nigger that he gotta be black like me, they missed the joke 

in the middle of the farm sits the company store, 

but we can never work off our debts no more, now can we? 

Disguised in nothing nut a business suit, 

the Joker waves sitting on his loot 

and the Riddler riddles and he twiddles and rhymes, til we're entranced by the art of his crimes 

the paperboy dutifully delivers his verse, but the riddler relieved him of his purse 

Tell me just how mean that a joke can be, 

before we're forced to call it cruelty 

methinks pretty mean 

the simple will be made to suffer the most, 

on their knees they accept the host 

on their tongues 

the sacrifices of everyday, 

will not be acknowledged in any way 

sorry to say 

but let it be known they are not in vain, 

there must be many strikes before the beast is slain 

shine on 

and the Joker's comes in all preaching-up Christ, a beautiful diamond, an elaborate heist 

and all he takes will need to be relearned, just another trick that the joker turned