Said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief Business men – they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody 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 late." All along the watchtower Princess kept the view While all the women came And went bare-foot servants too Outside in the distance A wild cat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl All along the watchtower Princess kept the view While all the women came And went bare-foot servants too Outside in the distance A wild cat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl