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Artist: Donovan
Title: Goldwatch Blues
Submit by: Ule
Date: 24/10/2004
Hits: 12
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 goldwatch and the shackles for your chain
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 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 and the shackles for your chain
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 fifty 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 come to work for us, in this you must agree
That if you're going to die, please, do it during tea - break
Here's your goldwatch and the shackles for your chain
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 fifty years
This story that you've heard you may think rather queer
But it is the truth, you'll be surprised to hear
I did not want no job up on the board
I just wanted to take a broom and sweep the bloody floor
Here's your goldwatch and the shackles for your chain
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 fifty years
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