John Wetton - The Night Watch (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998) Lyrics

Lyrics The Night Watch (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998) - John Wetton



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



Writer(s): Robert Fripp, William Scott Bruford, John Kenneth Wetton, David Francis Cross, Richard William Palmer James


John Wetton - Live Via Satellite
Album Live Via Satellite
date of release
09-10-2015

1 The Circle of St. Giles (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
2 Heat of the Moment (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
3 Book of Saturday (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
4 Battle Lines (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
5 Arkangel (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
6 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
7 Easy Money (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
8 Emma (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
9 30 Years (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
10 Hold Me Now (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
11 Rendezvous 6: 02 (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
12 The Night Watch (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
13 You're Not the Only One (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
14 Starless (Live at Grona Lund Sweden 1998)
15 Introduction (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
16 The Circle of St. Giles (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
17 Heat of the Moment (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
18 Mondrago/Book of Saturday (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
19 The Smile Has Left Your Eyes (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
20 30 Years (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
21 Hold Me Now (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
22 Arkangel (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
23 Emma (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
24 Sole Survivor (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
25 Rendezvous 6: 02 (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
26 The Water Is Wide (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
27 Starless (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
28 Battle Lines (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)
29 The Celtic Cross (Live at Xm Radio Studio One 2002)




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