1–9 Elle est tombée, Babylone

20^e s.

Paroles

There must be some kind of way outta here / Said the joker to the thief / There's too much confusion / I can't get no relief  / Business men, they drink my wine / Plowman dig my earth / None were level on the mind / Nobody up at his word / Hey, hey / 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, uh, but you and I, we've been through that / And this is not our fate / So let us stop talkin' falsely now / The hour's getting late, hey /All along the watchtower / Princes kept the view / While all the women came and went / Barefoot servants, too / Outside in the cold distance / A wildcat did growl / Two riders were approaching / And the wind began to howl

Composition

Cette chanson de Bob Dylan est inspirée de la mystérieuse vision d'Isaïe du « désert de la mer ». Son album a été décrit comme le premier album de « rock biblique ». Écrit lors de la convalescence de Bob Dylan après son accident de moto, ce titre a été repris par Jimi Hendrix dans son album "Electric Ladyland" en 1968.