Artist & Tune
About the Song
There are no words enough to say
How a world like this could die away
How reason falls on deaf ears
Truth dissolves & disappears
And the clocks are counting down to zero
(up 5 to C) G C G C / Em D C - :// Em D C - G - - -
They warned us years ago
People laughed it off said “What do they know?”
And we went our separate ways to find
A future facing the end of the line
And the clocks are counting down to zero
Now the weather stumbles, forests burn
Past the point of no return
Corporation money thrives
While refugees look for a place to survive
And the clocks are counting down to zero
History walks the plank
IIs eyes are flat, its face is blank
The melting ice the rising sea
A redder sun than used to be
And the clocks are counting down to zero
I know people who live in trees
Who chain themselves to machineries
Who face the judge’s scornful stare
There is no shelter anywhere
And the clocks are counting down to zero
Standing Rock, the Black Snake
In times like these you do whatever it takes
Wherever a line is drawn
For the people & the land they live on
And the clocks are counting down to zero
I fear for children I see
And I don’t blame them when they look at me
As if to say “How could you?
We were depending on you”
And the clocks are counting down to zero
I woke up in a sweat last night
So all alone I couldn’t face my fright
But I took a look around to see
Millions more just like me
And the clocks are counting down to zero
Resistance goes from hand to hand
For the air, the water, the people, the land
Tomorrow is born from the seeds of today
And we are going that way
And the clocks are counting down to zero
- lyrics & music by Jim Page. (c) author. All rights reserved.
Alt Lyrics
Lyrics as adapted by Christy Moore (He uses the title "The Clock Winds Down")
It's hard to know what to say
As the world around us fades away
Reason falls on deaf ears
And the truth dissolves & disappears
As the clock winds down
Warning signs, years ago
We did not want to know
All-consuming selfish ways
Now there's a price to pay
As the clock winds down
The ice-caps melt, the Amazon burns
To the point of no return
The grid goes down, screens go blank
We'll be walking down the plank
As the clock winds down
See the children take to the streets
When they hear Greta Thunberg speak
Watch the young warriors climb down from the trees
Chain themselves to machinery
As the clock winds down
It's hard to know what to say
When a child looks up & says
Hey old man, what did you do?
We were depending on you
Now the clock winds down
Yeah, now the clock winds down (2x)
To zero