
Date of issue: 31.12.2011
Record label: Universal Island, Universal Music Operations
Song language: English
(All Along The) Watchtower |
There must be some kind of way out of here |
Said the joker to the thief, yeah |
There’s too much confusion |
Mmm I can’t get no relief |
Yeah |
I see jokers on my left, thieves upon my right |
You’d find me in the middle if I picked a different life |
Before my name started tripling in size |
But I’m still showing signs all attributed tonight |
In the pitch black, it’s too cold |
I’m all alone take me back to the roads |
I had to rode to get here and I’ll hitch back |
Get a cab to my mother’s house |
See my old man and grab a six pack |
Tell my brother I love him |
And give him something that will see him through the hard times |
What’s a brother for? |
When I’m sick of this life I see |
It has to be my family who lift me off the floor |
Make sense of all the madness in a world full of money, full of tears, |
full of war |
I was a failed man and worse I couldn’t give a fuck |
Save your wine for the entrepreneurs |
All along the watchtower |
Princes kept the view |
While all the women came and went |
Barefoot servants too, yeah |
Outside in the cold distance |
A wildcat did growl |
Two riders were approaching |
And the wind began to howl |
Cause your world is the same as mine |
Pour more blood in your cup |
Take a sip full of sin and let your taste buds savour the buzz |
The flavour of an ill-mannered nature |
That lingers on as animals in all of us |
Trying to fight for the right to live a life |
But some will never win though |
That’s why they live a lie |
I don’t think I’ll ever win |
All of this is anything |
When I die I hope a love is at my side |
There’s no trap door, or get out clause |
The world can be your oyster or a set of jail doors |
You’ve seen mine, I think it’s time I see yours |
I bet you that we’ve been scarred by the same swords |
Some are lost some are… |
Apart from the fact I live my life in the light and now I’m trapped in it |
The way I feel within a few years time |
I might have a couple kids and just forget I ever wrote lyrics |
All along the watchtower |
Princes kept the view |
While all the women came and went |
Barefoot servants too, yeah |
Outside in the cold distance |
A wildcat did growl |
Two riders were approaching |
And the wind began to howl |
Take away the treasure of a man |
Convinced that he holds heaven in his hands |
Even though I ain’t religious I’m a little superstitious |
Maybe there is a promised land |
But will I make it or not is a different matter |
I’ve been a joker, I’ve been a thief, I’ve been a rapper |
I’ve been the only enemy that I can never beat |
Give me a piece of mind upon a platinum platter |
All along the watchtower |
Princes kept the view |
While all the women came and went |
Barefoot servants too, yeah |
Outside in the cold distance |
A wildcat did growl |
Two riders were approaching |
And the wind began to howl |
Song tags: #Watchtower
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