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Goldwatch Blues
Mick Softley / Donovan: Fairytale (1965)
Capo IV
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| I went up for my interview on the | fourth day | of Ju | ly. |
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| Personnel man he questioned me un | til I | nearly | cried, |
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| He made me fill in forms un | til I | shook with | fear: |
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| About the colour of my toilet roll 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 your piece of paper to | say you | left here | sane. |
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| And if you've got a son who | wants a | good ca | reer: |
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| Just | get | him to sign on the dotted line and | work for | fifty | years. |
| He asked me how many jobs I'd had before. |
| He nearly had a heart attack when I answered: Four. |
| Four jobs in twenty years, oh, this can never be! |
| We only take on men who work until they die. |
| Here's your goldwatch... |
| He took me outside to where the gravestones stand in line. |
| This is where we bury them in quick-stone and in lime! |
| And if you come to work for us on this you must agree: |
| That if you're going to die please do it during tea-break. |
| Here's your goldwatch... |
| This story that you heard you may think rather queer, |
| But it is the truth you'll be surprised to hear. |
| I did not want no job upon the board: |
| I just wanted to take a broom and sweep the bloody floor. |
| Here's your goldwatch... |