The Watchmans Gone - Gordon Lightfoot

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[Intro] 
    
   

[Verse 1]
            
  Just like bi

          
rds of a feath

er
             
  We too have 

              
followed the g

      
olden sun
             
  It feels so 


good,
             
  Knowin' the 

           
watchman's gon

e

[Verse 2]
            
  If I give yo

     
u a rose, budd

y
             
  Would you pl

              
ease bury it i

       
n the fields?
           
  I seen a ros

e
             
   Watchin' it

          
 all fold out

[Verse 3]
            
  There's a tr

              
ain down at th

   
e station
             
  It's come to

              
 carry my bone

    
s away
             
  Two engines 

 
on
             
  Twenty-one c

       
oaches long
       
End to end
             
  Twenty-one c

       
oaches bend
             
  The watchman

   
's out
             
  Kickin' the 

      
bums about

[Verse 4]
            
  If I wait fo

             
r the right mo

ment
             
  You can bet 

              
I'll climb abo

      
ard unseen
             
  I've done it

    
 before
             
  I know I can

             
 do it in my s


leep

[Chorus]
             
  The watchman

   
's out
             
  Kickin' the 

      
bums about
             
  The watchman

   
's out
             
  Kickin' your

         
 dreams about

[Solo]
  
   
   
   

[Verse 5]
            
  As I leave y

           
ou in the suns

et
             
  Got one more

              
 nothin' I'd l

       
ike to say
             
  "You don't k

    
now me
             
  A son of the

        
 sea am I"

[Verse 6]
            
  As I say to 

         
you, my brothe

r
             
  If you live 

              
to follow the 

       
golden sun
             
  You better b

  
eware
             
  Knowin' the 

             
watchman's alw

     
ays there

[Verse 7]
            
  If you find 

             
me feedin' dai

sies
             
  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 becaus

e
              
I've been on t

    
he town
             
  Washin' the 

         
bullshit down

[Chorus]
             
  The watchman

    
's out
             
 Kickin' your 

       
dreams about
              
It feels so go


od
             
  Knowin' the 

           
watchman's gon

e
            
It's like a so

ng
             
  Knowin' the 

           
watchman's gon

e

[Solo]
  
   
   
   

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