Clockmaker

[Intro]

1, 2, 3, 4...

[Verse 1]

As I drove in the nail

That was attached to a spring

I adjusted the door

For the breadth of its swing

[Chorus]

She looked at me and said

Did you know that I was once a clockmaker?

A clockmaker

[Verse 2]

I didn't do aesthetics

I designed the works and gears

I refined my mathematics

For over 30 years

[Chorus: Denison Witmer & Sufjan Stevens]

It takes a special kind of mind

If you're going to learn to be a clockmaker

Clockmaker

A clockmaker

Clockmaker

[Verse 3]

Now my children are grown

With children of their own

My house, it feels a little quiet

So do you mind if I stand

And watch you work with your hands

It's a language that I understand

[Bridge]

I said takе all

The time

That you need

I steppеd back

Pulled down my mask

She smiled at me

[Chorus: Denison Witmer & Sufjan Stevens]

And my dad joked to a clockmaker

Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker

A clockmaker

Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker

A clockmaker

Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker

A clockmaker

Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker