The Watchmans Gone Lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot

The Watchmans Gone Lyrics

    Just like birds of a feather
    We too have followed the golden sun
    It feels so good,
    Knowin' the watchman's gone
    If i give you a rose, buddy
    Would you please bury it in the fields?
    I seen a rose
    Watchin' it all fold out

    There's a train down at the station
    It's come to carry my bones away
    Two engines on
    Twenty-one coaches long
    End to end
    Twenty-one coaches bend
    The watchman's out
    Kickin' the bums about

    If i wait for the right moment
    You can bet i'll climb aboard unseen
    I've done it before
    I know i can do it in my sleep

    The watchman's out
    Kickin'the bums about
    The watchman's out
    Kickin' your dreams about

    As i leave you in the sunset
    Got one more nothin' i'd like to say
    "you don't know me
    A son of the sea am i"
    As i say to you, my brother
    If you live to follow the golden sun
    You better beware
    Knowin' the watchman's always there

    If you find me feedin' daisies
    Please turn my face up to the sky
    And leave me be
    Watchin' the moon roll by
    Whatever i was
    You know it was all because
    I've been on the town
    Washin' the bullshit down

    The watchman's out
    Kickin' your dreams about
    It feels so good
    Knowin' the watchman's gone
    It's like a song
    Knowin' the watchman's gone

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