Sage and Jester

The sage is sitting by the king, the jester on the floor And the king wants advice, how to rule the realm The sage, he quotes, you need your horse, your horse and armor, and your sword, defend your honor We need to attack before they do, the jester, the jester, protect, protect You need, you need, a queen, a queen, marry the enemy's daughter Ally with the foe, you don't have to wage a war The sane and the fool, one clown, one cool Are they only a tool, who will win the duel The sane and the fool, one kind, one cruel Which is the jewel, who will help the king to rule The king, the king, demands, demands Assist, assist, he pleads, he needs help to reign his kingdom He must decide, who shall he entrust One choice, one choice, use force, use force Attack, attack At once, at once Or use the power of diplomacy, marry into peace It is wicked to conspire, combat is what you desire Fight fire with fire, all is fair in love and war If you look close, you will discover, do not judge a book by its cover One good turn deserves another, all is fair in love and war The sane and the fool, lighting or using the fuel One clown one cool, are they only a tool The sane and the fool, one clown, one cool Are they a tool, who will win the duel The sane and the fool, one kind, one cruel Which is the jewel, who will help the king to rule Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice I must be cruel only to be kind Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind Sitting on the high horses, here's metal more attractive Something is rotten, wormwood or mousetrap An ugly duckling, although of higher grace of greater race Over my dead body, give them a silky rope I can see darkness at the end of the tunnel The pleas fall on deaf ears To be, or not to be The rest is silence