Released: April 23, 1979
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
“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
“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
more tracks from the album
Bob Dylan at Budokan
- Mr. Tambourine Man [At Budokan]
- Just Like A Woman [At Budokan]
- Oh, Sister [At Budokan]
- Simple Twist Of Fate [At Budokan]
- All Along The Watchtower [At Budokan]
- I Want You [At Budokan]
- All I Really Want To Do [At Budokan]
- Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door [At Budokan]
- It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding) [At Budokan]
- Forever Young [At Budokan]
- Blowin’ In The Wind [At Budokan]
- Going, Going, Gone [At Budokan]
- Shelter From The Storm [At Budokan]
- Love Minus Zero/No Limit [At Budokan]
- Ballad of a Thin Man [At Budokan]
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right [At Budokan]
- Maggie’s Farm [At Budokan]
- One More Cup of Coffee (Valley Below) [At Budokan]
- Like A Rolling Stone [At Budokan]
- I Shall Be Released [At Budokan]
- Is Your Love In Vain? [At Budokan]
- The Times They Are A-Changin’ [At Budokan]
From the album
- Bob Dylan at Budokan (1979)
Bob Dylan popular songs
- Murder Most Foul
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- All Along the Watchtower
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Make You Feel My Love
- Hurricane
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Desolation Row
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Masters of War
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Girl from the North Country
- Tempest
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Visions of Johanna
- I Contain Multitudes
- To Fall in Love with You
- Shelter from the Storm