A jester, joker, jokester, fool, wit-cracker, or prankster was a person employed to tell jokes and provide general entertainment, typically for a European monarch. Jesters are thought to have typically worn brightly coloured clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their hats were especially distinctive; often made of cloth, they were floppy with three points, each of which had a jingle bell at the end. The three points of the hat represent donkey's ears and nose and tail worn by jesters in earlier times. Other things distinctive about the jester were his laughter and his mock sceptre, known as a "bauble" or marotte.
The Royal Shakespeare Company provides historical context for the role of the fool:
In ancient times courts employed fools and by the Middle Ages the jester was a familiar figure. In Renaissance times, aristocratic households in Britain employed licensed fools or jesters, who sometimes dressed as other servants were dressed, but generally wore a motley (i.e. parti-coloured) coat, hood with ass's (i.e. donkey) ears or a red-flannel coxcomb and bells. Regarded as pets or mascots, they served not simply to amuse but to criticise their master or mistress and their guests. Queen Elizabeth (reigned 1558-1603) is said to have rebuked one of her fools for being insufficiently severe with her. Excessive behaviour, however, could lead to a fool being whipped, as Lear threatens to whip his fool.
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As leader
As sideman
Stay low that's what you ought to
But no you wanna show yourself off
Get high when people lookin' at you
Too blind to see they laugh at you
Your greed for fame is written on you
You bleed when no one comes to you
Can't say how much they really mark you
But they you want it really bad
Stay as you are
We all need a Jester
You will get far
You're just a spineless creep
What is it that you seek
For sure you'll never get it
Regardless of your words no one will ever see
'cause you're the everlasting fool
You're jokes are way too old
A 1000 times they're told
No one is laughin' when you want them too
But you don't get the picture
No you don't see at all
No one to catch you when you fall
It's clear that you don't understand it
It's here but you don't have a clue
They laugh you really think they like you
I watch the world
I see their Gods
They're coming out
To eat the lot when people are saying -things will get better now
Down on the streets. I see them coming
Down on the roads. I see them fall
But I don't think God will take care of them all
Those guys lying everywhere
As if life is a picknick
With corissants and guns and once in a while
You have to kick it
When bains go sour
I hate to see that
You're on your own. no Superman to help you out
When it comes down to the call
When guns guns rot and bodies decay
And politicians waste away
Your mind goes blurry on the jestar that took you there
Do you see how much more the costs
And did you learn about life that's lost
Is it any wonder
Why god won't come down?
We're stinking up the world
you got your sleeping pills
and I got my videogames
I'm trying hard
to let it go
and beat you up
in my head
and I won
I won
I won
Low try to read
what's left behind
a thousand days of misery
Now this days don't seem so bad
the lost i can go for, no no no
Charlies in the bathroom eating the tooth paste
Mummas in the kitchen getting off her face
Dad's in the basement playing with knives
While Lily's in the dog house eating flies..at my house
Carrie's in the bedroom talking to no one
Lily's in the laundry hiding from a thunder storm
Dad's in the basement playing with knives
While Lily's in the doghouse eating the flies
When will the boys, come around to play
And when will she kiss me, will I be ok
When will he go back into the verse
And when will she kiss me, in her universe
I'm in the paper looking for a job
Connor is in the sailboats running from the sharks
Well Julie's in Ireland thinking shes a lepricaun
Kerry's back at school cause
someone's got her grades wrong...at my house
Jared thinks he is Dr Evil
And Wesleys hair is Evil Knevil
Well I think Mark talks to much
Its time to go back to the chorus
Back ..When ..My.. Jeans ..Were.. Still.. Blue.
And ..I.. Had.. The.. Hell.. Spikey ..Do
We ..Could ..Take ..Two.. Parties.. In ..One Night
Add.. Nine ..Scoops.. of ..Hibiscus ..Delight
Losing my mind
wasting my time
you faded away
but I got it aye
and let it for
and let it for
and I am yours
going on
here we go
once again
I am your
fuckin man
and Let it for, and let it go
and I am yours
going on
lost and found
Lost and found ouooh oh
ohh ouhh oh
so it's down
faded away
I see you are
but not a damn
Let it go
and oh let it go
I am yours
going on
Lost and found
Lost and found
Lost and found ohuoh oh
ohhh ouhohh ohhhh
yoy should go
you are going
you laughed of
..my love song
anything and everything
anything and everything
anything and everything....
ohhhhhh uohhh lost and found
Entertain you and emplore you
While you laugh at my misfortune
I've a hat it's big and old
You're happiness is worth your gold
The princess smiles down from her thrown at
Ringing bells and checkered clothing
I'll show you a life thats worth your while
I only live to make you smile....
make you smile
One day I will be King Of The World
Welcome to my world of foolish
Laughing colours song and jest
I invite you in to hear my song
Leave your reservations at the door...
at the door
One day I will be King Of The World
Now you know me recognise me
You don't need to see inside me
I'm the fool who has your heart
Today I am
King Of The World
She smiled at me and
I was King Of The World
Now I am The King Of
Smile, walk away
Go home & cry
It’s just a bad dream
You are a little spoon
You are hippy
You make me happy
With flowers in your hair
So sign the dotted line
Will that be all?
I’ll take five
That will be your soul
That would be so good
Will that be all?
That will be your soul
Are they listening?
Do they even care?
Do I give a damn?
It isn’t for them
You’re a little spoon
And you are hippy
You make me happy
With flowers in your hair
So sign the dotted line
Will that be all?
I’ll take five
And that will be your soul
That would be so good
Will that be all
That will be your soul
.: Guitar :.
That will be your soul
That would be so good
Will that be all?
Hey man stop looking at me
Do I have something stuck in my teeth
Do you mind just looking the other way
Hey man what do you hope to see
Weren't you living in my tv
I had you pinned but now you've gone away
She's got eyes for christmas and teeth in her hair
All of the girlies are starting to stare
At me and my friends and I don't know what to do... with you
Do you
Hey man I felt bad for you
It all went wrong and it all fell through
But maybe one day you'll triumph in the end, in the end
See it all seemed real and it all seemed true
So don't feel bad baby don't feel blue
I wanna live the life
I wanna breathe the air
I wanna a shiny car
And greasy hair
Live in mansions
All those pretty girls, aye
And I say
I don't wanna be your Enemy
I don't wanna be your Enemy
So I roll on with my circus
And I work it while you jerk it
With your ash trays and your phoney fake smiles :)
And I say, And I say
I don't wanna be your Enemy
I don't wanna be your Enemy
On magazines I plot the schemes
I write my dreams that run away
When all is done I'll be the one, one
How many times
I am so
I never send my soul for you
And all the things you do
I am already owned
For the rest of my days
You never take it away from me
My jealous fantasy
I am here to say
I am here to say that….
I belong to you
My love
I belong to you
My love
And in the end
I’ll go
I’ll pack my bags and go
No more
I’ve seen it all the floor
And I am moving on
I am living a lie some days
I am living a lie most days...Yeah
And all used to be fun days
But I am moving on
I am here to say that…
I belong to you
My love
I belong to you
My love
My love my love…aw a ah
-Ow ow-
I belong to you my love
I belong to you
My love
I belong to you
My love
I belong to you….
Castles fall around my ears
Where is she now
I'm alone in my fears
And I'm crying out loud
Kingdoms fall down
There’s nowhere to hide
I am trapped without you
Too scared to fight.........Without you
And I'll be here
In the ruins
Waiting for you
Come save me
Please hurry
It's getting cold
I'm lying here
I'm oh so scared
And where are you know
I'm not sure
I think Im dying