HW: Lyrics for LSD

[M Holmes]

Daniel Wikdahl writes:

> >
> >The various other Hawkwind tracks which aren't on CD are:
> >
> >Star Song   (title unknown from 1990)                          Wishart
> >The Blackening Rabbit      (1981 tour)                         Brock?
> >The Joker Of The Universe                                      Moorcock
>
> Has this one a connection to BOC's "The Great Sun Jester"???

I think so, here are the lyrics:


The Joker of the Universe (Moorcock)
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They have killed the great Sun Jester
Who danced between the stars
They have stripped him of his manhood
Signs of Venus and of Mars
The cynics left him weeping
And the jackals left him torn
But the jester reaches out blind hands
he can touch the stars no more
And he danced for us
And he laughed for us
And he gave us all he had
He was Jesus, he was Jonas
He was good and he was bad
And he took the stars in his hands
And as he scattered them he'd shout
"I'm The Joker of The Universe
 I'm what it's all about!"
Now he's dying in his dream
And the hard men drag him down
They have killed the wild-eyed jester
They have killed the Fireclown
Now his blind eyes seek the starlight
And his fingers seek controls
To take him into space again
Where he was both young and old
The dancers legs are stiffened with pain
And they've made him kneel too long
And the madness they have driven out
They've left him cold and sane
He'll never sing his songs again
He'll never dance between the stars again
He'll never laugh again
He'll never dream your songs again
He'll never sing his songs again
He'll never sing his songs again