There must be some kind of way out of here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Businessen they uh) drink my wine
Plowman dig my earth
None will level on the vine
Nobody of it is worth
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
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 or war
I was a failed man and worse I couldn ' t 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
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 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 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
