Goldwatch blues (Listen to sample)

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1. I went up for my interview on the fourth day of July,

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personnel man he questioned me, till I nearly died.

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Made me fill in forms, until I shook with fear,

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about the colour of my toilet-room and if my cousin`s queer.

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Here`s your goldwatch and the shackles for your chain,

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and a piece of paper, saying that you left here sane.

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And if you have a son, who wants a good career,

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just get him to sign on the dotted line, and work for fifty years.

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2. He asked me how many, jobs I`ve had before,

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he nearly had a heart-attack, when I answered : four!

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Four jobs in twenty years, that can never be,

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we only take a man, who`ll work until he dies. + CHORUS

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3. He took me outside to where the gravestones stand in line.

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This is where we bury them, quick stone and in lime.

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And if you come to wok for us, this you must agree,

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that if you`re going to die, please do it during tea-break. + CHORUS

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4. This story that you`ve heard, you may think rather queer,

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but it`s the truth, you`d be surprised to hear.

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I didn`t really want, a job upon the board,

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I just wanted to take a broom, and sweep the bloody floor. + CHORUS

(Donovan)