My grandfather's clock
was too large for the shelf

So it stood ninety years on the floor
It was taller by far than the old man himself
Though it weighed not a penny weigh more

It was bought on the morn of the day  that he was born

And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock
His life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick, tock

It stopped short never to go again
When the old man died

It was bought on the morn of the day  that he was born
And was always his treasure and pride
But it stopped short never to go again

When the old man died
Ninety years without slumbering, tick, tock, tick, tock
His life seconds numbering, tick, tock, tick, tock

It stopped short never to go again
When the old man died