Watchin It Go - The Everly Brothers

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[Intro]
   

[Verse]

Me, it seems I

'm spendin' mo

st of my time
           
Spendin' ten c

              
ents while I'm

 
 makin' a dime
             
Tryin' to make

            
 sense out of 

#            
life's mixed u

  
p rhyme
             
Meantime I'm w

          
atchin' it go


The butterfly 

spins in his l

ittle cocoon
           
Thinkin' of so

              
ngs that he'll

 
 be singing so

on
             
So few will li

            
sten to the bu

#              
tterfly's tune
             
Me I'm just wa

          
tchin' it go

[Chorus]
          
Watchin' it go
          
Wantin' to kno

w
             
Where do you g

             
o when you've 

been

[Verse]

Poor Cinderell

a she's bowin'

 her head
           
Tellin' some s

              
tranger what a

 
 hard life's s

he's led
             
Glass slipper'

            
s sound asleep

#              
 under the bed
             
Sadly I'm watc

          
hin' her go


Prince Charmin

g dressed in d

isarmin' disgu

ise
           
Flashin' his c

              
harms as he's 

 
blindin' her e

yes
             
Mornin' will h

            
ear ‘em say th

#            
eir sunshine g

  
oodbyes
             
Me, I've seen 

          
a few of them 

go

[Chorus]
          
Watchin' it go
          
Wantin' to kno

w
             
Where do you g

             
o when you've 

been

[Verse]

Me, like so ma

ny, I've tried

 so many thing

s
           
Walkin' on cru

              
tches and call

 
in' them wings
             
Wonderin' who'

            
s pullin' the 

#            
puppeteer stri

  
ngs
             
Me, I'm just w

          
antin' to know


Minds too conf

ined they keep

 wantin' to ro

am
           
Lookin' for a 

              
life that will

 
 leave them al

one
             
I hear ‘em sin

            
gin' now they 

#            
want to go hom

  
e
             
Knowin' they n

          
ever can go

[Chorus]
          
Watchin' it go
          
Wantin' to kno

w
             
Where do you g

             
o when you've 

been

          
Watchin' it go
          
Wantin' to kno

w
             
Where do you g

             
o when you've 

been

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