The Night Watch (Letra)

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I’m the nightwatchman and nothing gets behind my back
Work out at the goldmine in a tin can shack
Don’t come up behind cause i won’t be mincing my words
Don’t play twenty questions with all of the scavenger birds

I’m the nightwatchman

It’s up to me and the devil to do all the dirty work
Got a thousand dirty secrets rolled up in the sleeve of my shirt
Don’t come up behind me, i will be playing for keeps
Don’t do this for good looks, i’ll do this so someday i’ll sleep

I’m the nightwatchman

I know about secrets, i know what secrets are worth
Gold is a secret, they’re draggin it out of the dirt

Yes, i’m the nightwatchman

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The Night Watch (Letra)

King Crimson

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Shine, shine, the light of good works shine
The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime
That golden light all grimy now
Three hundred years have passed
The worthy captain and his squad of troopers standing fast

The artist knew their faces well
The husbands of his lady friends
His creditors and councillors
In armour bright, the merchant men

Official moments of the guild
In poses keen from bygone days
The city fathers frozen there
Upon the canvas dark with age

The smell of paint, a flask of wine
And turn those faces all to me
The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft
And dutch respectability

They make their entrance one by one
Defenders of that way of life
The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie
Guitar lessons for the wife

So many years we suffered here
Our country racked with spanish wars
Now comes a chance to find ourselves
And quiet reigns behind our doors
We think about posterity again

And so the pride of little men
The burghers good and true
Still living through the painter’s hand
Request you all to understand