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All Along the Watchtower Lyrics

by Jimi Hendrix

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All Along the Watchtower” is a song by Jimi Hendrix. This page features time-synced lyrics that highlight each line as the song plays — press play to sing along in real time. The lyrics contain 29 lines.

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"There must be some kind of way out 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 will level on the line

Nobody offered his worth"

Hey

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"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 stop talk falsely now

The hour's getting late"

Hey

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All along the watchtower

Princes kept the view

While all the women came and went

Barefoot servants too

Outside in the cold distance

A wild cat did growl

Two riders were approaching

And the wind began to howl

Hey

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All along the watchtower

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All along the watchtower

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Full Lyrics
"There must be some kind of way out 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 will level on the line Nobody offered his worth" 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 you and I, we've been through that And this is not our fate So let us stop talk falsely now The hour's getting late" Hey All along the watchtower Princes kept the view While all the women came and went Barefoot servants too Outside in the cold distance A wild cat did growl Two riders were approaching And the wind began to howl Hey All along the watchtower All along the watchtower
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