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Jester's Tear
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lamentations for a lost kingdom
acoustic guitar introspective traveling reflective campfire music searching questing
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Thirty years after dreaming to be a singer-songwriter, I picked up my old guitar and sang a pair of old songs at the laptop in the garage. I'm really a painter,
just me
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Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic General
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#3,089 today Peak #92
#1,210 in subgenre Peak #31
Author
Steven Hubbell
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1983, Steven Hubbell
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February 16, 2013
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MP3 2.9 MB • 128 kbps • 3:06
Story behind the song
The tune started as a way to entertain the neighbor's kid: "There's a little girl standing on my porch, and Stephanie is her name. She says when I sing it annoys her, but I keep on singing just the same." It somehow morphed into reflections of a jester in search of a king.
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Jester’s Tear Whatever happened to the land of castles? Whatever happened to the prince in white? Whatever happened to the peasant’s daughter Was she swept up on his steed in the night? Whatever happened to the grassy hillside Where lovers live their simple life of bliss? How long has freedom served that tyrant dollar? How have we come to this? (chorus) Oh people can you hear the jester crying? For the land without a throne is run by fear All the hopes and dreams of little ones are dying Oh people can you hear the jester’s tear? Whatever happened to the horse and carriage? And what will happen to the blue of the sky? If we don't learn that as we’re burning her fossils We are condemning mother earth to die? Whatever happened to the quest for justice? What of the pure one who washed other men’s feet? Are we so busy we just brush him off When he’s alone and hungry in the street? (chorus) Oh people can hear the jester crying? For the land without a throne is run by fear All the hopes and dreams of innocents are dying Oh people can you hear the jester’s tear? (repeat) Oh people can hear the jester crying? For the land without a throne is run by fear All the hopes and dreams of innocence are dying (in your eyes) Oh people can you hear the jester’s tear? Oh people can you hear the jester’s tear?
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