Richard Thompson

Watch Me Go

Richard Thompson


One day the monkey jumps aboard, one day the black dog gets you 
One Day the demons write your name in blood upon a ledger 
But see the sun is shining as I step down on the pike 
So pretty in my uniform of anti-look-alike 
And goodbye halls of academe, I never could respect you 
And loved ones, I'll say fare you well, I surely will neglect you. 

Watch Me Go 
Into the wide blue yonder 
Watch Me Go 
Like a human cannonball 
Watch Me Go 
With a mighty peal of thunder 
And I'll keep shouting till they lay me low 

If it wasn't for Dalwhinnie and all his reckless crew 
I never would have learned to shake my fist and hullabaloo 
If it wasn't for the company I'd be talking to myself 
Inside a padded 8 by 12, all on the National Health 
And friends and kind relations, I'll be writing very soon 
The next time that you see me I'll be halfway to the moon 

Thank you dear Professor, for refocusing our eyes 
And thank you Captain Sensible, so eloquent and wise 
And Fotherington-Thomas, now you're singing with the choir 
But you gave us beef when we had none, of wood and string and wire 
And for those who choose the twisty road, prefer it to the straight 
Let joy beat out old misery, as love will conquer hate