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 on the beautiful 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
See my old man
Tell my brother I love him
And give him something that
Will see him through the hard times
Whats 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 and full of pice full
Of war
I was a failed man
And worse I couldnt give a f**k
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
Why they live a lie
I don ' t think I ' ll ever win
All of this is anything
When I die I hope a brother's 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 this
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 I make it or not 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