Aceyalone - The Grandfather Clock Lyrics
[jabberwocky]Excuse me, does anyone have the time?No!!![aceyalone]If you knew what makes me tickItll probably make you sickLay my days of my life in front of youAnd Ill let you take your pickCome onPull back the curtain but make sure that you are certainThat it will be worth the energy that you end up exertingNow walk past the doorway step in the foyerDont you bother knockingIm a grandfather clockin everything you doIm seeing through you faultinessSo sprinkle me but not with saltinessThe ghetto taught me thisI fought for this, I fight for this, I spend my life for thisAnd if you put your brain to work it aint hard to decipher thisCounting down the days boy closer to your doomTime keeper for the reaper, the family heirloomLike staring at my grandfather clock inside my roomItll never miss a tick-tock, it strikes everyday a noonEvery hour on the hour, itll sing a tuneEvery half hour otll croon and yell out at the moonYou cant escape the master time, no one is immuneThe hands of time will grab you when the moments opportuneNo one is immuneWhen the moments opportuneCarved from a tree trunk barkWhat a wonderful work of artWell I usually wear my sundialBut it dont work when its dark(dont work when its dark)No electric parts spark as mechanical as he isHell kindly say just wind me and then show me where the key isThen I go about my day and I flow about the wayHe never has nothing to say, he just sits there on displayI seen one in the cafe, one inside the cabaretTimekeeper for the reaper, what a pretty price to payChorusSo dont you bother knockin at, Im a grandfather clokinEverything you do, Im seeing through your masqueradeAt midnight you will hear the serenade and dont you be afraidIts like clock work orange lemonade with the bottomless glassWhen its time for that ass!!Tick-tockMy grandfather clock goesTick-tock 3xThe pendulum is swinging and it just dont ever stopTick-tockMy grandfather clock goesTick-tock 2xMy grandfather clockI used to have this coo-coo clockThat would bother my grandfather clockNever gave it no rest so I flew over the top of the nestAnd then at my request I ask him to resignHe was never on time, one hour behindAt ten, he stuck at nineBut he did not ***** with mine cause I murdered that machineIf you ever beat the clock you know exactly what I mean(exactly what I mean)I hold my grandfather clock in high esteemMy alarm clock screams cause he knows how long it takes meBut my grandfather clock leans over and he shakes meAnd they both race against time to see who will beThe first to wake meBut when I became awoke my alarm clock was brokeAnd my grandfather clock was staring right down my throatAnd he leaned a little bit closer and he told and I quote:If you ever race against me, you will surely come up short,He said, Im better than your timex, your rolex or your swatchYour fossil, casio, quartz, your diamond studded watch,He said, I control how long you stay aliveIma tap you on you shoulder at eleven fifty-fiveWhen the time arrives and then and only thenYoull have your five minutes of funkI said my final salutations as I stepped amongst the monksThen he took me exactly where I stodd like he shouldAnd I tried to reason with him and I tried knocking on woodBut he saidChorus
