Goldwatch Blues

I went up for my interview on the forth day of July

Personnel man he questioned me, until I nearly cried

Made me fill in forms, until I shook from fear

About the colour of my toilet roll and if my cousin's

Queer

He asked me how many jobs I had before

He nearly had a heart attack, when I answered: four!

Four jobs in twenty years, oh this could never be

We only take on men, who'll work until they die

R:

He said: "Here's your goldwatch and the shackles for

Your chain

And your piece of paper to say you left here sane

If you have 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 burry them in quick stone and in line

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"

R:

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 upon the board

I just wanted to take the broom, and sweep the bloody

Floor

R:(2x)