Cover art for All Along the Watchtower by John Corigliano
Mar. 17, 20001 viewer

All Along the Watchtower Lyrics

"There must be some way out of here,"
Said the joker to the thief
"There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessmen, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None of them along the line
Know what any of it, any of it is worth."

"No reason to get excited."
The thief, he kindly spoke
"There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us not talk falsely now
The hour is getting late
The hour is getting late
The hour is getting late."

All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants too

Outside, in the distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
The wind began to howl

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March 17, 2000
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