Yonder Is The Clock

The Felice Brothers Yonder Is The Clock Lyrics
1.Big Surprise

Get the boys turn on the show
Get the cameras set to go
Go tell the host he's on in five
It's the day of the big surprise

Oh the waves will rise and crash
And they'll pound your ship of glass
And the boy in the crow's nest will cry
it's the day of the big surprise

See how the harbour lights do burn
See the wheel of fortune turn
It'll turn so fast the gears will bind
On the day of the big surprise

Your jazzy band has lost its swing
Revolution's lost its ring
When all your love has been a lie
It's the day of the big surprise

You got his letters in your purse
It's got me thinking which is worse
The day i fell into your eyes
Or the day of the big surprise

Grab your shovel, let's get to it
There's no one way of how to do it
And there will be no woes or sad goodbyes
On the day of the big surprise


2.All When We Were Young

You were my favorite, my favorite
We'd shed our dungarees, do anything you please
Some night we'd get so high, we'd be like jesus christ
We drove all around in cars, the world was ours
All when we were young

Do you hang him on that hill to teach us how to kill?
Did you string him up like that to teach us how to act?
Sometimes the things you do, they come back at you
His arms went out so wide, it taught us how to fly
All when we were young

So where'd those planes come from
That burned my city up?
All that smoke and ash, teaching us how to crash
Sometimes all the things you do, they come back at you

All that smoke and ash, teaching us how to crash
Sometimes the things you do, they come back at you
We drove around in cars, and the world was ours
All when we were young


3.Memphis Flu

1929 pretty women, men are dying
Call the nurse
Call the doctor
Call the priest

Because they killed the rich and poor
And they'll surely kill us all
If we don't turn away from our shame
Hospital i lie and i know i'll surely die
But i don't want to die
Please don't die
The memphis flu is in our bed
And it will surely kill us dead
If we don't turn away from our shame
I got memphis flu

And the priest is in my room
And he sings my last prayer
We're in the devil's book
And he won't need no second look
If we don't um turn away from our shame