Grandfather's Clock

歌詞

My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf So it stood ninety years on the floor It was larger by half than the old man himself Though it weighed not a penny ounce more It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born And was always his treasure and pride But it stopped, short, never to go again When the old man died In watching its pendulum swing to and fro Many hours he had spent when a boy And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know And to share both his sorrows and joys For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door With his blooming and beautiful bride But it stopped, short, never to go again When the old man died Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock His life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick, tock It stopped, short, never to go again, when the old man died My grandfather said of all those he could hire Not a servant so faithful he found For it wasted no time, and had but one desire At the close of each week to be wound It was kept in its place, not a frown upon its face And its hands never hung by its side But it stopped, short, never to go again When the old man died Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock His life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick, tock It stopped, short, never to go again, when the old man died