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Xtc - All along the watchtower (1978)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
XTC
XTC
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
John Leckie
John Leckie
Producer

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 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"
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
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower
Written by: Bob Dylan
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