The Family Anthem

"There must be some 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,
Ploughmen 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 & I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate.
So let us not talk falsely now. The hour is getting late.'

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view
While all the women came & went, barefoot servants too.

Outside, in the cold distance, a wild cat did growl.
Two riders were approaching and the wind began to howl.....

(B. Dylan)