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Like Clockwork

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Like Clockwork

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I'm not disconnected

I'm not unaware

I'm in one place at one time

I'm neither here nor there

I'm hooked to the mainstream,

Tuned into the world

Plugged into my surroundings,

I'm not out on a limb.

I'm thinking in a straight line,

I'm thinking that these thoughts are mine,

My heart is beating oh so fast

I feel the hours crashing

Because my mind keeps time like clockwork,

And I think in sync like clockwork.

She's done away with emotion,

She sees things clearly now.

She says she sees it all from her room

And it looks so small from her room

It's all right, it's all right,

I'm on your side...for a while,

She thinks time is a concept by which we measure our pain

(She'll say it again)

She wants to say it again, but she don't have time,

And now her heart beats time like clockwork

And she thinks in sync like clockwork

Count the hours, count the months and minutes,

You're born in tears and die in pain and that's your limit

You're lookin' for a reason but there's none

There, why don't you admit it

We'll make the most of what we've got, that's the tickit

My, my, my.

I stayed in that room a long, long time

And watched the seasons gliding past

And hey...what's the matter?,

We've got time, lots of time

It's alright, it's alright,

I'm on your side for a while,

We'll wind up

We'll slow down

We'll speed up or slow down and we'll maybe overwind...

but now or minds, etc.

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