XTC - All Along the Watchtower lyrics

"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