Antique Clock Blues

ANTIQUE CLOCK BLUES

[Verse 1]
Got an antique clock
hanging on my wall
Been ticking all night
but it ain’t moved at all

Hands at midnight
dust upon its face
Everybody’s running
but time stays in its place

[Hook]
Tick-tock —
give me that groove
Tick-tock —
don’t make a move

Old clock talking
like it knows the news
I got that tick-tock
antique clock blues

[Instrumental groove – Hammond / guitar]

[Verse 2]
Grandpa said, “Boy,
don’t you wind it too tight”
It sleeps all day
then it talks all night

I asked what time
it said, “Man, who cares?”
Then the whole damn room
started dancing upstairs

[Hook]
Tick-tock —
give me that groove
Tick-tock —
nothing to lose

Old clock shaking
in its wooden shoes
I got that tick-tock
antique clock blues

[Long funky instrumental]

[Outro – spoken over groove]
Tick…
tock…

Too fast.
Too slow.

Who needs time…
when you got the groove?

Tick-tock.