Page type: lyric reference
Artist: The Walkabouts
Canonical path: /the-walkabouts/the-night-watch
Related lyric paths: 6
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The Night Watch
Read The Night Watch lyrics by The Walkabouts on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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The Night Watch
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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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