The bargemen see
Me growing old
I see the bargemen
Aging too
We play the game
Of tom fools
Where the one
Who still is oldest
In my work
Even in summer
He must travel
With eyes clossed
It's not nothing
Being a lockman
The barge men know
My bloated face
They joke with me
That's there mistake
Half sorcerer
Half drunkard
I cast a spell
On all that sings
In my work
In autumn
We gather fruit
And the drowned
It's not nothing
Being a lockman
In his basket
A baby squirms
To watch the fly
On his nose
Mama moans
And time frets
Cabbage sweats
And fires groan
In my work
In winter
We think of the father
Who drowned himself
It's not nothing
Being a lockman
Towards the spring
The barge women
Feign and gloat
From their boat
I'd like their games
But for that war
That he leaves me
Somewhat damaged
In my work
In the spring
One takes the time
To drown self
[00:25.73]The bargemen see
[00:28.37]Me growing old
[00:31.43]I see the bargemen
[00:35.24]Aging too
[00:37.57]We play the game
[00:41.12]Of tom fools
[00:44.81]Where the one
[00:47.43]Who still is oldest
[00:50.61]In my work
[00:53.11]Even in summer
[00:56.07]He must travel
[00:58.85]With eyes clossed
[01:02.21]It's not nothing
[01:05.45]Being a lockman
[01:10.53]The barge men know
[01:13.27]My bloated face
[01:16.81]They joke with me
[01:19.88]That's there mistake
[01:22.87]Half sorcerer
[01:26.53]Half drunkard
[01:29.89]I cast a spell
[01:33.51]On all that sings
[01:36.96]In my work
[01:39.89]In autumn
[01:42.54]We gather fruit
[01:46.07]And the drowned
[01:49.56]It's not nothing
[01:52.62]Being a lockman
[01:57.46]In his basket
[01:59.94]A baby squirms
[02:02.07]To watch the fly
[02:06.59]On his nose
[02:09.82]Mama moans
[02:12.80]And time frets
[02:16.13]Cabbage sweats
[02:19.04]And fires groan
[02:22.53]In my work
[02:25.40]In winter
[02:27.96]We think of the father
[02:31.39]Who drowned himself
[02:35.32]It's not nothing
[02:38.29]Being a lockman
[02:43.61]Towards the spring
[02:47.08]The barge women
[02:50.78]Feign and gloat
[02:53.56]From their boat
[02:56.54]I'd like their games
[03:00.16]But for that war
[03:03.30]That he leaves me
[03:06.92]Somewhat damaged
[03:10.29]In my work
[03:13.86]In the spring
[03:17.72]One takes the time
[03:23.42]To drown self