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All Along the Watchtower, by Bob Dylan

First Release
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding
1967
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Compilation
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
1971
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Live
Before the Flood
Before the Flood
1974
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Live
At Budokan
At Budokan
1979
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Compilation
Biograph
Biograph
1985
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Live
Dylan & the Dead
Dylan & the Dead
1988
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Other Performer
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
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Live
MTV Unplugged
MTV Unplugged
1995
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Compilation
The Essential Bob Dylan
The Essential Bob Dylan
2000
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"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.


Copyright © 1968; renewed 1996 Dwarf Music

Columbia Records