At The Chime Of A City Clock-Nick Drake

[ti:At The Chime Of A City Clock] [ar:Nick Drake] [al:Bryter Layter] [by:] [offset:0] [00:19.62]A city freeze get on your knees [00:24.35]Pray for warmth and green paper [00:28.98]A city drought you're down and out [00:33.73]See your trousers don't taper [00:38.47]Saddle up kick your feet [00:43.34]Ride the range of a London street [00:48.08]Travel to a local plane [00:52.89]Turn around and come back again [01:01.25]And at the chime of the city clock [01:04.74]Put up your road block hang on to your crown [01:11.11]For a stone in a tin can [01:13.98]Is wealth to the city man who leaves his armor down [01:22.53] [01:31.63]Stay indoors beneath the floors [01:35.88]Talk with neighbors only [01:40.50]The games you play make people say [01:45.18]You're either weird or lonely [01:50.11]A city star won't shine too far [01:55.28]On account of the way you are [01:59.91]And the beads around your face [02:04.65]Make you sure to fit back in place [02:11.14] [02:13.19]And at the beat of the city drum [02:16.76]See how your friends come in twos or threes or more [02:23.00]For the sound of a busy place is fine for a pretty face [02:28.54]Who knows what a face is for [02:37.85] [02:59.87]The city clown will soon fall down [03:04.62]Without a face to hide in [03:06.35] [03:09.47]And he will lose if he won't choose [03:14.15]The one he may confide in [03:18.96]Sonny boy with smokes for sale [03:24.14]Went to ground with a face so pale [03:28.57]And never heard about the change [03:33.31]Showed his hand and fell out of range [03:39.05] [03:42.05]In the light of a city square [03:45.54]Find out the face that's fair keep it by your side [03:51.60]When the light of the city falls [03:54.96]You fly to the city walls take off with your bride [04:01.27]But at the chime of a city clock [04:04.89]Put up your road block hang on to your crown [04:11.25]For a stone in a tin can [04:14.24]Is wealth to the city man who leaves his armor down [04:23.55] [04:27.72]