Текст песни The Joke - High Tide

The redeeming factor here
Is very clear, the voice gently spoke
His crime is hardly one
To cause concern or hinder the joke

This joke belongs to everyone
Since the game began

The defendant begs to say
That since that day, his laughter he seeks
He since has realised
The heresy involved in his deeds

To laugh before the given time
Is his only crime?