All Along the Watchtower

1 개요

1968년 발표된 지미 헨드릭스 익스피리언스의 싱글. 원곡은 밥 딜런(Bob Dylan)이 만들고 1967년 앨범 <John Wesley Harding>을 통해 처음 발표한 곡이다. Electric Ladyland 앨범에 수록되었다. 롤링 스톤 선정 500대 명곡에서 47위에 랭크되었다. 영미권 팝음악계에서 잘 알려진 원곡을 초월한 예시 중 하나로 꼽히며, 밥 딜런 본인도 지미 헨드릭스 버전을 좋아하여 한동안 헨드릭스의 연주 방식으로 공연을 한 적이 있다.

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"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.
Business men – they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody 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's getting late."

All along the watchtower
Princess kept the view
While all the women came
And went bare-foot servants too
Outside in the cold distance
A wild cat did growl
Two riders were approaching

And the wind began to howl, hey.