Guarded Lyrics

I watch you through the window pane

While crickets sing their soft refrain

These wooden arms stay where they are

As night surrounds me near and far

I cannot move, I cannot leave

Though life runs through me, you won't believe

Standing guard is all I do

Standing guard, just watching you

The morning birds rest on my sleeve

But fly away when others leave

My straw heart beats beneath the sky

As summer days are drifting by

I cannot move, I cannot leave

Though life runs through me, you won't believe

Standing guard is all I do

Standing guard, just watching you

In your farmhouse, warm and bright

You'll never know my silent plight

Each dawn I long to walk away

But duty bids me here to stay

The harvest moon has seen me change

These feelings still seem so strange

My purpose keeps me rooted here

While seasons pass throughout the year

I cannot move, I cannot leave

Though life runs through me, you won't believe

Standing guard is all I do

Standing guard, just watching you