The Clock Was Tickin'-Brandon Flowers

[ti:The Clock Was Tickin'] [ar:Brandon Flowers] [al:Flamingo Deluxe Edition] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Clock Was Tickin' - Brandon Flowers [00:13.68]A teacher had you write a letter' you were eight years old [00:16.42]About the man that you'd become and the positions you'd hold [00:19.48]But this was long before you and Jackie Jaronimo met [00:22.89]In the Prelude Park at midnight [00:24.82]Now when it came to bells and whistles' Jackie did not lack [00:27.88]And when she kissed you on the kisser' boy' you kissed her back [00:30.75]Now you tell her that you love her and she cuts you slack [00:33.44]When you drink with your buddies on the weekend [00:36.05] [00:37.24]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [00:41.80]You spend your whole life dropping nickles in the bucket [00:44.62]Waking up at dawn [00:46.43] [00:47.93]And while Jackie bestowed the joys of fingerlickin' [00:51.61] [00:53.93]That clock up on the wall was a tickin' [00:57.98] [00:59.72]You got yourself a job cleaning hospital floors [01:02.41]While Jackie had a baby and she had five more [01:05.21]They pay you just enough to drag your a** to the store [01:08.27]To buy bread' milk and better homes and gardens [01:10.39] [01:11.08]Jackie flips the pages and she dreams little dreams [01:14.08]A cottage in the country built with real wood beams [01:16.82]There's a baby in the bedroom' he's starting to scream [01:19.68]She holds him' though he probably won't remember [01:22.24] [01:23.18]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [01:27.05] [01:27.62]Sometimes dreams are all you've got [01:29.43]To keep you going when the day gets long [01:32.55] [01:33.80]And you gave up so many just to make a living [01:37.37] [01:39.56]That clock up on the wall was a tickin' [01:43.61] [01:45.30]Now the kids were all grateful when they left the nest [01:48.35]And Jackie wasn't perfect but she did her best [01:51.11]She sees the opportunity to get you some rest [01:53.85]But you can't sleep on the account of screaming grandkids [01:56.79]The golden years are meant to leave a gleam in your eye [02:00.21]You're starting to discover it's a great big lie [02:02.46]They work you like a dog until you quit or you die [02:05.21]But you can't quit because Jackie needs the benefits [02:07.94] [02:08.76]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [02:12.51] [02:13.50]They say patience is a virtue [02:15.44]But the doctor says she don't have long [02:17.49] [02:19.49]You stood up and tried your damndest not to listen [02:23.23] [02:25.11]But that clock up on the wall was a tickin' [02:29.66] [02:43.70]When they told you to clear the room' that's when it hit you [02:49.94] [02:53.31]You watched as a caravan took your sweetheart away [02:59.25] [03:02.49]The arguments and the fights and money troubles seem so worthless as [03:09.23] [03:11.16]As the kids throw yellow roses on her grave [03:17.84] [03:21.27]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on [03:27.82] [03:28.94]The house is quiet now and everything inside it seems to know she's gone [03:36.18] [03:38.37]There's a picture of you both' sixteen years old' just kissing [03:44.17] [03:46.73]And that clock up on the wall was a tickin' [03:55.34] [04:19.93]You always thought she had a chance [04:21.61]That there was somewhere she hid [04:22.80]And now you've come to the conclusion that she never did [04:26.14] [04:29.08]Have a chance' that is