The Watchman's Gone (live 2014) - Gordon Lightfoot video free download
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Duration: 04:04
Uploaded: 2014/05/05
Performed at the Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on April 30, 2014.
This was the first song of the night.
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8 years ago
Fuzzybeanerizer
In early 1988 I finished my 4 years in the Army and went back to my family home in Michigan to start looking for a job. My parents were in Florida for the winter, so for something to do I was digging through my mom's old Gordon Lightfoot records from the 1970's. I found this song and really fell in love with it. I guess it is maybe about bigger things actually, but to me at that moment "The Watchman's Gone" meant I was free from the constant tension, the screwed-up bullshit, and the lack of privacy and freedom that I had experienced in authoritarian-style military life. In fact I recorded it onto a cassette tape and mailed it to my former roommate, who had also gotten out about the same time.Related Videos
