May there be no remorse here for the patience you have shown

Save the satisfaction of knowin' your house's made of stone

Oh, but, who you goin' and kiddin' yourself, oh, man

You know you ain't got no house at all

You're gonna sleep under the sky tonight

Where that green grass grow tall

Come on, let's sleep under the sky tonight

Well beyond these castle walls

Well the hangman woke and made his bed

When the gallows, they did call

Said he liked to keep things tidy 'fore the ground beneath him falls

That way, next time he come round through these parts again

Have a place to rest his head

Bet it sure do get exhaustin' comin' back again

To live amongst the dead

May there be no remorse here for the patience you have shown

Save the satisfaction of knowin' your house's made of stone

Oh, but, who you goin' and kiddin' yourself, oh, man

You know you ain't got no house at all

Gonna sleep under the sky tonight

Where that green grass grow tall

Come on, let's sleep under the sky tonight

Well beyond these castle walls

Jester's cryin' to himself in the east tower of the castle

With a razor to his wrist, oh, he's so sick of gettin' hassled

Then he recalled this punchline he'd forgotten

From way on, way back when

Hate to think but what without a little humor

That situation coulda been

May there be no remorse here for the patience you have shown

Save the satisfaction of knowin' your house's made of stone

Oh, but, who you goin' and kiddin' yourself, oh, man

You know you ain't got no house at all

Gonna sleep under the sky tonight

Where that green grass grow tall

Come on, let's sleep under the sky tonight

Well beyond these castle walls

The old king knew he'd find himself finished without a son

Already had himself four daughters with wife number one

He's hopin' wife number two

Give him that baby boy of his achin' heart's desire

Swear, if he don't get his way this time

He'll set his whole kingdom up on fire

May there be no remorse here for the patience you have shown

Save the satisfaction of knowin' your house's made of stone

Oh, but, who you goin' and kiddin' yourself, oh, man

You know you ain't got no house at all

Gonna sleep under the sky tonight

Where that green grass grow tall

Come on, let's sleep under the sky tonight

Well beyond these castle walls

Yes, sleep under the sky tonight

And forget about it all