My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper (Live in Canada, 1972)-The Incredible String Band

[ti:My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper] [ar:The Incredible String Band] [al:The Circle Is Unbroken: Live and Studio 1967-1972] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.48]My Father Was A Lighthouse Keeper (Live in Canada, 1972) - The Incredible String Band [00:03.09]Written by：Malcolm Le Maistre [00:03.94] [01:03.40]Lying on the beach with desire [01:07.22] [01:09.88]Rocking to the music of the waves [01:13.59] [01:15.96]I was in despair [01:18.86]My heart needed repair [01:22.18] [01:22.94]My lover had lied to me and [01:25.09]I was bored by what I saw there [01:31.44] [01:33.14]Why why why [01:35.96] [01:39.78]Why why why [01:42.31] [01:47.97]My father was a lighthouse keeper [01:50.25] [01:50.83]Watch the lady sittin' down [01:53.12] [01:55.30]Watched the waves getting steeper [01:58.45]Watched the ships going down [02:01.01] [02:27.43]In cadillacs they sailed with the tide [02:31.36] [02:34.07]Beneath the pier the sea she stroked the night [02:37.76] [02:40.30]I rocked a little then [02:43.38]I moved my body again [02:46.55] [02:47.20]My lover kissed my lips [02:49.35]I was digging what I saw there [02:55.50] [02:57.27]Why why why [03:00.11] [03:03.57]Why why why [03:06.15] [03:11.55]My father was a lighthouse keeper [03:14.06] [03:14.67]Watch the lady sittin' down [03:16.84] [03:19.13]Watched the waves getting steeper [03:21.63] [03:22.39]Watched the ships going down [03:25.20] [03:40.21]Watched the days slip by and the stars explode [03:43.60] [03:44.44]And we watched them once again [03:47.41]Oh the laughter [03:49.90]The laughter rose a cheer [03:52.47] [03:53.61]Oh the laughter [03:55.89]The laughter so nice to hear [03:58.41] [03:59.65]Oh the laughter [04:02.02]The laughter so good and free [04:04.45] [04:05.57]Oh the laughter [04:07.93]The laughter so nice to see [04:10.39] [04:11.56]Oh the laughter I lay among the shells and coke cans [04:14.15]In my lover and pull it down [04:15.44] [04:17.58]Oh the laughter all the people were [04:19.77]Smiling sadly in their big car [04:21.19] [04:23.60]Oh the laughter my father looked down from his lighthouse [04:27.14]He saw it all he knew it all [04:28.64] [04:29.59]Oh the laughter then he laughed a little [04:33.17]Oh so easy [04:33.99]Oh so pretty [04:34.82] [04:35.54]Oh the laughter [04:38.01] [04:41.60]Oh the laughter then he laughed a little and [04:44.40]Oh so easy [04:45.21]Oh so pretty [04:46.14] [04:53.03]Aahh ahh