Eight Day Clock (Live) Lyrics

Late last night I came home

I was worn down by the mile

I was half asleep

So damn weak

But I knew I had a hill to climb

Good luck couldn't find me

So I put on a winning smile

I was stuck in the snow

Halfway to Reno

When I thought I heard an old sweet chime

Out on a country porch

I saw a Greta Garbo stare

I didn't hear her speak

But that elusive mystique

Man it made me lose my mind

Inside she waved me

And she put a clover in my hair

She kissed my cheek

Then started to speak

But then I heard a clock strike nine

Some nights I ask myself why

She loved that hour bell

Like a lullaby

Wind it and forget

Never lost track of time yet

Years and years of cheap talk

And I still hear

Her eight day clock

She eyed the mantle

And pointed to the granddaddy clock

She had tears in her eyes

So I thought it unwise

To look into their sea blue sky

I asked how she made it tick

And she looked at me with shock

Why it goes for eight days

And on the hour it plays

The sweetest song you've ever heard

A melody that makes the angels cry

Some nights I ask myself why

She loved that hour bell

Like a lullaby

Wind it and forget

Never lost track of time yet

Years and years of cheap talk

And I still hear

Her eight day clock