It became Dylan's most performed song in concert, usually played in the hard-rock arrangement Hendrix gave it.
The words
Two outsiders talk on the road while, from a high lookout, the powerful watch riders approaching through the wind.
A terse parable, the song opens with two outsiders, a joker and a thief, talking about a world where the powerful take what others make and understand nothing of its worth. Their talk gives way to a wide view from a fortress lookout, where princes keep watch as two riders approach and the weather turns. It stops on the brink of something rather than its arrival, leaving a mood of dread. The original is spare and acoustic, though Dylan later adopted the hard-rock arrangement Hendrix gave it.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Listen and watch
The words
Two outsiders talk on the road while, from a high lookout, the powerful watch riders approaching through the wind.
A terse parable, the song opens with two outsiders, a joker and a thief, talking about a world where the powerful take what others make and understand nothing of its worth. Their talk gives way to a wide view from a fortress lookout, where princes keep watch as two riders approach and the weather turns. It stops on the brink of something rather than its arrival, leaving a mood of dread. The original is spare and acoustic, though Dylan later adopted the hard-rock arrangement Hendrix gave it.
Lyrics on bobdylan.com ↗Connections
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