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Beck

Clock

Release date: 23rd October 1996

From Odelay (Deluxe Edition)
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"Clock" is a track by Beck, from the album Odelay (Deluxe Edition), released 23rd October 1996. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 9 articles about Beck.

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Clock

[Verse 1]

Has it come and gone? Is it long before the spirit shaves his legs?

Is it wrapped in trash, sent back to a sanitation tank?

Is it disinfected, disconnected 'til it grafts some wires?

Is it sped up, spun around brown and yellow in the fires?

[Chorus]

What is this town? They said I got no place to be

The money meter's taking everything I see

[Verse 2]

Is it comes in lovely bones that put their shirts on ice?

Is it fireflies that cross out eyes with any spice?

Is it normal, born-again? Let the vultures drink and drown

Is its force from weathers, birds of feathers never found?

[Chorus]

What is this town? They said I got no place to be

The money meter's taking everything I see

[Outro]

Has it come and gone? Is it long before the spirit shaves his legs?

Is it wrapped in trash, sent back to a sanitation tank?

What is this town? They said I got no place to be

The money meter's taking everything I see

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From Odelay (Deluxe Edition)

1996
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Odelay (Deluxe Edition)
Odelay (Deluxe Edition)
Beck
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1996
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  8. —Computer Rock
  9. —Where It's At (U.N.K.L.E. Remix)
  10. —Brother
  11. —Richard’s Hairpiece (Aphex Twin Remix)
  12. —Devils Haircut
    3:15
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  16. —American Wasteland
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