Track 2 of the single Vacancy Sign at the Edge of the Map · 2021
Wind It Up and Wave Goodbye to Worry
“Grandad's cracked watch lost an hour in the same place every day. It taught us to wave goodbye to worry.”
folk-pop · heirloom folk · anthemic singalong · 3:17
Lyrics
Grandad's old watch had a crack in the face It lost a whole hour in the very same place But he wore it each day with a grin on his chin Said time is a friend that you let wander in We'd ask him the time and he'd shrug and he'd say Late enough, darling, to start up the day And he'd put on the kettle and hum us a tune And morning would sparkle like noon Wind it up and wave goodbye to worry There's nowhere we need to be in a hurry Sing it out loud to the clock on the wall The best of the hours are the ones with us all Hey, hey, let the old clock chime We're all right here, and we've got time Now I wear his watch and it still runs slow And I'm always the last to the places I go But the ones that I love always wait at the gate And they say, you were worth it, no matter how late Wind it up and wave goodbye to worry There's nowhere we need to be in a hurry Sing it out loud to the clock on the wall The best of the hours are the ones with us all Hey, hey, let the old clock chime We're all right here, and we've got time Tick tock, let it fall The crack in the glass lets the light through it all Tick tock, let it be A broken old watch is a kind of free Wind it up and wave goodbye to worry There's nowhere we need to be in a hurry Sing it out loud to the clock on the wall The best of the hours are the ones with us all Hey, hey, let the old clock chime We're all right here, and we've got time We've got time We've got time