All Along the Watchtower

by The Jimi Hendrix Experience

From the album: Electric Ladyland

Duration: 4:01

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Lyrics for All Along the Watchtower

"There must be some kind of way out of here" Said the joker to the thief "There's too much confusion I can't get no relief" Businessmen, they, they drink my wine Plowmen dig my earth None will level on the line Nobody of it is worth, hey, hey "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, uh But you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us not talk falsely, now The hour's getting late" Hey Hey All along the watchtower Princess kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants, too, but, uh Outside in the cold distance A wildcat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl, hey All along the watchtower Gotta beware, gotta beware, I will All along the watchtower

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