Gold Watch Blues
Donovan Leitch

I WENT UP FOR MY INTERVIEW ON THE 4TH DAY OF JULY
THE PERSONNEL MAN HE QUESTIONED ME, UNTIL I NEARLY CRIED
MADE ME FILL IN FORMS, UNTIL I SHOOK WITH FEAR
ABOUT THE COLOUR OF MY TOILET ROLL AND IF MY COUSIN€™S QUEER.

HERE€™S YOUR GOLD WATCH AND THE SHACKLES FOR YOUR CHAINS
AND YOUR PIECE OF PAPER, TO SAY YOU LEFT HERE SANE
AND IF YOU€™VE A SON WHO WANTS A GOOD CAREER
JUST GET HIM TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE AND WORK FOR 20 YEARS

HE ASKED ME HOW MANY JOBS I€™D HAD BEFORE
HE NEARLY HAD A HEART ATTACK WHEN I ANSWERED FOUR
FOUR JOBS OF 20 YEARS OR MORE, THIS CAN NEVER BE
WE ONLY TAKE ON MEN, WHO WORK ON UNTIL THEY DIE

HERE€™S YOUR GOLD WATCH AND THE SHACKLES FOR YOUR CHAINS
AND YOUR PIECE OF PAPER, TO SAY YOU LEFT HERE SANE
AND IF YOU€™VE A SON WHO WANTS A GOOD CAREER
JUST GET HIM TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE AND WORK FOR 20 YEARS

HE TOOK ME OUTSIDE TO WHERE THE GRAVESTONES STAND IN LINE
THIS IS WHERE WE BURY THEM, IN QUICKSTONE AND IN LIME
AND IF YOU€™RE GOING TO WORK FOR US, THIS YOU MUST AGREE
THAT IF YOU€™RE GOING TO DIE, PLEASE DO IT DURING TEA € BREAK

HERE€™S YOUR GOLD WATCH AND THE SHACKLES FOR YOUR CHAINS
AND YOUR PIECE OF PAPER, TO SAY YOU LEFT HERE SANE
AND IF YOU€™VE A SON WHO WANTS A GOOD CAREER
JUST GET HIM TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE AND WORK FOR 20 YEARS

THIS STORY THAT YOU€™VE HEAR, YOU MAY THINK RATHER QUEER
BUT IT IS THE TRUTH YOU€™LL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR
I DID NOT WANT SOME JOB UP ON THE BOARD
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A BROOM AND SWEEP THE BLOODY FLOOR. (CH)


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Lyrics by Donovan Leitch

  A Funny Man   A Sunny Day   A Well Known Has Been   Appearances   As I Recall It   Astral Angel   Atlantis   Ballad of a Crystal Man   Barabajagal   Be Mine   Belated Forgiveness Plea   Bert's Blues   Black Widow   Bleak City Woman   Boy for Every Girl   Brave New World   Candy Man   Car Car   Catch the Wind   Celeste   Celia of the Seals   Celtic Rock   Changes   Children of the World   Circus of Sour   Clara Clairvoyant   Colours   Cosmic Wheels   Coulter's Candy   Cryin' Shame   Curry Land   Cuttin' Out   Dare to Be Different!   Dark-Eyed Blue Jean Angel   Deep Peace   Divine Daze of Deathless Delight   Donna Donna   Epistle to Derroll   Everlasting Sea   Every Man Has His Chain   Ferris Wheel   Fishes in Love   Forever Your Love   Get Thy Bearings   Give It All Up   Guinevere   Hampstead Incident   Happiness Runs   Henry Martin   Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)   Hi It's Been a Long Time   High Your Love   House of Jansch   How Silly   Hurdy Gurdy Man   I Like You   I Love My Shirt   I Love you Baby   International Man   Isle of Islay   Jennifer Juniper   Jersey Thursday   Joe Bean's Theme   Josie   Kalifornia Kiddies   Lady of the Lamp   Lady of the Stars   Lay of the Last Tinker   Lazy Daze   Legend of a Girl Child Linda   Liberation Rag   Little Boy in Corduroy   Little Tin Soldier   Lord of the Dance   Lord of the Reedy River   Lost Time   Love of My Life   Mad John's Escape   Maria Magenta   Maya's Dance   Mellow Yellow   Museum   New Year's Resovolution   Nirvana   Oh Deed I Do   Oh Gosh   One Night in Time   Only the Blues   Pamela Jo   Pebble and the Man   People Used To   Peregrine   Please Don't Bend   Poor Cow   Preachin' Love   Ramblin' Boy   Remember the Alamo   Riki Tiki Tavi   Rock and Roll Souljer   Roots of Oak   Runaway   Sadness   Sailing Homeward   Salvation Stomp   Sand and Foam   Season of the Witch   Sing My Song   Skip-A-Long Sam   Sleep   Slow Down World   Someone Singing   Song for John   Song of the Naturalist's Wife   Starfish-On-The-Toast   Sun   Sunny Goodge Street   Sunny South Kensington   Sunshine Superman   Superlungs My Supergirl   Tangerine Puppet   Tangier   Teas   The Alamo   The Ballad of a Crystal Man   The Ballad of Geraldine   The Clear-Browed One   The Enchanted Gypsy   The Entertaining of a Shy Girl   The Evernow   The Fat Angel   The Garden   The Intergalactic Laxative   The Land of Doesn't Have to Be   The Light   The Love Song   The Lullaby of Spring   The Magpie   The Mandolin Man and His Secret   The Mountain   The Observation   The Owl and the Pussycat   The Pee Song   The Quest   The River Song   The Summer Day Reflection Song   The Sun Is a Very Magic Fellow   The Tinker and the Crab   The Trip   The Unicorn   The War Drags On   The Way   There Is a Mountain   There Is an Ocean   There Was a Time   Things to Wear   Three King Fishers   To Sing for You   To Susan on the West Coast Waiting   To Try for the Sun   Trudi   Turquoise   Under the Greenwood Tree   Universal Soldier   Universe Am I   Voyage into the Golden Screen   Wear Your Love Like Heaven   West Indian Lady   Where Is She?   Why Do You Treat Me Like You Do?   Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)   Wild Witch Lady   Writer in the Sun   Yellow Star   You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond   Young Girl Blues   Your Broken Heart

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