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From Time to Time and Wisdom to Wisdom
Tick tock
Of the grandfather clock
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Hands of metal, hands of flesh
no more buttons to press
6:00am at best
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
"And does she still sleep
while rhythm we keep?"
"I'll stir her with my anthem, still
strong and still deep."
Dong
Dong
Dong times three
Silence to break
An old friend to wake
A long, ancient song
to suit one who aches
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
Rhythm is broken
by breathes in the morn
Ears hear, then adore
the
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
of the old, faithful grandfather clock
"Dear friend, must you and your
young ones pull me
from dreams every night,
of youth and of flight,
With your tick tocks tick tocks and
dong dong dongs?"
"My young have all gone,
yet you're here today.
Oh won't you all stay
to tick my life away?"
And so
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
answered every one of the clocks
Though they knew that their words
the woman could never know
The time they tracked, in fact, was all
that they could ever show
Besides, of course, their everlasting
tick tock tick tocks
"We'll stay to the end
and assist you, our friend
And when father is gone,
we'll continue the song
of our
tick tock tick tock tick
tock tock tock
Time isn't always
your enemy