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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf
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So it stood ninety years on the floor
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It was taller by half than the
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old man himself
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a pennyweight more
Verse 2
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It was bought on the morn' of
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the day that he was born
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It was always his treasure and pride
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It stopped, short never to go again
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When the old man died
Verse 3
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In watching its pendulum
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swing to and fro
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Many hours he spent as a boy
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And in childhood and manhood
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the clock seemed to know
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And it shared both his sorrow and his joy
Verse 4
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And it struck twenty- four when
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he entered at the door
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beautiful bride
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But it stopped short, never to go again
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When the old man died
Verse 5
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Ninety years without slumbering
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His life seconds numbering
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It stopped, short never to go again
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When the old man died
Interlude 1
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Verse 6
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My grandfather said that
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of those he could hire
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Not a servant so faithful he found
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It wasted no time and it had but one desire
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At the close of each
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week to be wound
Verse 7
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And it stayed in its place,
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not a frown upon its face
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And its hands never hung by its side
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And it stopped short, never to go again
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When the old man died
Verse 8
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Well, it rang and alarmed
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in the still of the night
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An alarm that for years had been dumb
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We knew that his spirit
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was pluming in flight
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That his hour for departure had come
Verse 9
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Still the clock kept its time with
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a soft and muffled chime
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As we silently stood by
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his side
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And it stopped short, never to go again
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When the old man died
Verse 10
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Ninety years without slumbering
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His life seconds numbering
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It stopped short, never to go again
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When the old man died
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Yes, it stopped short, never to go again
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When the old man died
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