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A remarkable piece of writing, and I’m enthralled that the author has taken the lyrics of an extremely famous cover song and made it seem fresh, new and relevan

A remarkable piece of writing, and I’m enthralled that the author has taken the lyrics of an extremely famous cover song and made it seem fresh, new and relevant to this very moment. I will forever hear “Businessmen they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth None of them along the line, know what any of it is worth” differently now. btw, the Waze founder’s (similar) goodbye post is also worth reading.

sanderjd 4y ago
> the lyrics of an extremely famous cover song Actually he used the lyrics of an extremely famous original song, which were written by Bob Dylan :)
- wpietri 4y ago
  The version of the song that is most famous is the cover: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Along_the_Watchtower
  - sanderjd 4y ago
    Perhaps, but the article explicitly attributes its quotes to the original. But I was just making a silly joke.
    - wpietri 4y ago
      No, the article attributes the lyrics to the songwriter, which is the same for all versions of the song.