All Along the Watchtower

Song All Along the Watchtower
Artist Neil Young
Album Road Rock, Vol. 1: Friends & Relatives [live]

Lyrics

[00:54.400] "There must be some kind of way out of here"
[00:58.070] Said a joker to the thief
[01:01.950] "There is too much confusion, I can't get no relief.
[01:09.660] Businessmen, they drink my wine,
[01:13.470] Ploughmen dig my earth
[01:17.380] None of them anywhere along the line
[01:20.920] Know what any of it is worth"
[02:24.680] "No reason to get excited"
[02:28.720] The thief he softly spoke.
[02:32.290] "There are many here among us
[02:35.970] Who feel that life is but a joke.
[02:39.700] But you and I we've been through that
[02:43.540] And this not our fate.
[02:47.260] And let us not talk falsely now,
[02:51.150] The hour's getting late"
[04:01.080] All along the watchtower,
[04:05.000] Princes kept the view
[04:08.820] While all the women came and went,
[04:12.600] Barefoot servants too.
[04:15.670] Outside in the cold distance
[04:19.710] A wildcat did growl
[04:23.200] Two riders were approaching
[04:26.670] The wind began to howl
[05:21.950] All along the watchtower,
[05:25.720] Princes kept the view
[05:29.450] While all the women came and went,
[05:33.280] Barefoot servants too.
[05:36.960] Businessmen, they drink my wine,
[05:40.290] Ploughmen dig my earth
[05:43.970] None of them anywhere along the line
[05:47.890] Know what any of it is worth"
[05:51.620] "No reason to get excited"
[05:55.330] The thief he softly spoke.
[05:58.940] "There are many here among us
[06:02.280] Who feel that life is but a joke.
[06:06.310] But you and I we've been through that
[06:09.980] And this not our fate.
[06:13.610] And let us not talk falsely now,
[06:16.900] The hour's getting late"