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nobody of it is worth Hey! (solo 1) 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 hours gettin' late. (solo 2) All along the watchtower princes kept the view While all the women came and went bare feet servants too Outside in the cold distance a wild cat did growl Two riders were approaching and the wind began to howl (outro) fade out