The Clock Was Tickin'-Stephane Grappelli/Michel Petrucciani

[ti:The Clock Was Tickin'] [ar:Brandon Flowers] [al:Flamingo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Clock Was Tickin' - Stephane Grappelli/Michel Petrucciani (米契尔·派卓西安尼) [00:11.72]A teacher had you write a letter, you were eight years old [00:14.97]About the man that you'd become and the positions you'd hold [00:17.34]But this was long before you and Jackie Jaronimo met [00:20.02]In the Prelude Park at midnight [00:23.08]Now when it came to bells and whistles, Jackie did not lack [00:27.57]And when she kissed you on the kisser, boy, you kissed her back [00:30.13]Now you tell her that you love her and she cuts you slack [00:32.75]When you drink with your buddies on the weekend [00:34.69] [00:35.25]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [00:39.81]You spend your whole life dropping nickles in the bucket [00:44.48]Waking up at dawn [00:45.85] [00:47.10]And while Jackie bestowed the joys of fingerlickin' [00:50.22]That clock up on the wall was a tickin' [00:56.47] [00:57.78]You got yourself a job cleaning hospital floors [01:00.46]While Jackie had a baby and she had five more [01:03.33]They pay you just enough to drag your a** to the store [01:06.38]To buy bread, milk and better homes and gardens [01:09.27]Jackie flips the pages and she dreams little dreams [01:12.27]A cottage in the country built with real wood beams [01:14.89]There's a baby in the bedroom, he's starting to scream [01:18.46]She holds him, though he probably won't remember [01:21.14]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [01:25.63]Sometimes dreams are all you've got [01:28.63]To keep you going when the day gets long [01:30.78] [01:31.85]And you gave up so many just to make a living [01:35.90] [01:37.58]That clock up on the wall was a tickin' [01:42.39] [01:43.39]Now the kids were all grateful when they left the nest [01:46.07]And Jackie wasn't perfect but she did her best [01:49.19]She sees the opportunity to get you some rest [01:51.94]But you can't sleep on the account of screaming grandkids [01:55.30]The golden years are meant to leave a gleam in your eye [01:57.88]You're starting to discover it's a great big lie [02:00.50]They work you like a dog until you quit or you die [02:04.43]But you can't quit because Jackie needs the benefits [02:06.74]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [02:10.92] [02:11.55]They say patience is a virtue [02:13.85]But the doctor says she don't have long [02:16.41] [02:17.60]You stood up and tried your damndest not to listen [02:21.96] [02:23.21]But that clock up on the wall was a tickin' [02:27.65] [02:41.70]When they told you to clear the room, that's when it hit you [02:50.19] [02:51.06]You watched as a caravan took your sweetheart away [02:57.68] [03:00.42]The arguments and the fights and money troubles seem so worthless as [03:07.50] [03:09.13]As the kids throw yellow roses on her grave [03:16.61] [03:19.92]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [03:25.94] [03:26.88]The house is quiet now and everything inside it seems to know she's gone [03:33.30] [03:36.42]There's a picture of you both, sixteen years old, just kissing [03:42.91] [03:44.84]And that clock up on the wall was a tickin' [03:53.81] [04:18.02]You always thought she had a chance [04:19.90]That there was somewhere she hid [04:21.84]And now you've come to the conclusion that she never did [04:24.54] [04:27.16]Have a chance, that is