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I said the joker is a wanted man
He makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story
About the joker and the thief in the night
He's always laughing in the midst of power
Always living in the final hour
There is always sweet and sour
So we are not going home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover?
Watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
What you see, well, you might not know
You get the feelin', comin' after the glow
The vagabond is moving slow
So I'll tell you all the story
About the joker and the thief in the night
All the people that you see in the night
Hold their dreams up to the light
The wild beast is searching for sight
And we are not going home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover?
Watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
I said the joker is a wanted man
He makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story
About the joker and the thief
I said I'll tell you all the story
About the the joker and the thief
I said, I'll tell you the story
About the joker and the thief in the night
He makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story
About the joker and the thief in the night
He's always laughing in the midst of power
Always living in the final hour
There is always sweet and sour
So we are not going home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover?
Watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
What you see, well, you might not know
You get the feelin', comin' after the glow
The vagabond is moving slow
So I'll tell you all the story
About the joker and the thief in the night
All the people that you see in the night
Hold their dreams up to the light
The wild beast is searching for sight
And we are not going home
Can you see the joker flying over
As she's standing in the field of clover?
Watching out everyday
I wonder what would happen if he took her away
I said the joker is a wanted man
He makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
So I'll tell you all the story
About the joker and the thief
I said I'll tell you all the story
About the the joker and the thief
I said, I'll tell you the story
About the joker and the thief in the night
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Joker & the Thief Lyrics as written by Myles Heskett Andrew James Stockdale
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From what I heard, the lyrics of "Joker & the Thief" was influenced by "All Along the Watchtower", the famous folk song by Bob Dylan. Anyway, I do believe the song is about a man - The Joker - who is traveling through the world in search for only one thing - Pure love. The opening line where it describes him as "a wanted man" is due to that the women who have met him during his life has flocked around him like crazy, but only exploited him for their own desires, and not expressed any feelings for him. However, The Joker hasn't either showed any feelings for the women he has found, and only used them as slaves that he choose to control ("Always laughing in the midst of power"). However, he finally understood that this was a mindless, stupid way to live (The "sweet" in his heart overcame the "sour"), and so he decided to search for his eternal love, not going home until he has found her ("We are not goin' home", sung from the perspective of the band, who follows him on his travel). And I believe in SirNirian's theory about "The Thief" being the woman The Joker one day will meet, and thus, as you often say when it comes to love, steal his heart. In other words, Andrew Stockdale wrote a story about the search for true love.