The Night Watch - King Crimson

The Night Watch LRC歌词

[01:23.35]Shine, shine, the light of good works shine

[01:33.90]The watch before the city gates depicted in their prime

[01:43.45]That golden light all grimy now

[01:49.04]Three hundred years have passed

[01:51.36]The worthy Captain and his squad of troopers standing fast

[02:06.15]The artist knew their faces well

[02:08.19]The husbands of his lady friends

[02:10.22]His creditors and councillors

[02:12.27]In armour bright, the merchant men

[02:14.30]Official moments of the guild

[02:16.53]In poses keen from bygone days

[02:18.48]The city fathers frozen there

[02:20.32]Upon the canvas dark with age

[02:30.49]The smell of paint, a flask of wine

[02:32.85]And turn those faces all to me

[02:34.65]The blunderbuss and halberd-shaft

[02:36.81]And Dutch respectability

[02:38.71]They make their entrance one by one

[02:40.85]Defenders of that way of life

[02:42.84]The redbrick home, the bourgeoisie

[02:44.88]Guitar lessons for the wife

[03:34.98]So many years we suffered here

[03:37.16]Our country racked with Spanish wars

[03:39.42]Now comes a chance to find ourselves

[03:41.37]And quiet reigns behind our doors

[03:43.26]We think about posterity again

[04:17.82]And so the pride of little men

[04:22.13]The burghers good and true

[04:24.52]Still living through the painter's hands

[04:27.04]Request you all to understand