Ode to RAGBRAI '07 Posted on July 17, 2007 at 10:10:13 PM by The Lunatic Fringe
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.
--"The Watchman's Gone", by Gordon Lightfoot, Sundown, 1974 Replies: There have been no replies.