"Living By Clocks"

Like many people, I am far too chained to my clocks and calendars. This song was written before we all became slaves to our computers, iPods, and smartphones. I’d write more, but supper beckons. Besides, this isn’t really much of a song. Enjoy the artwork that accompanies it, though!

Living By Clocks

© 1985 Brian Hutzell

Alarm! Time to rise

Get out of bed, open your eyes

Ten minutes to shave and shower

Run to the station, train leaves on the hour

Punch into work at eight

Pity the man who comes in late

Breakfast: a cup of caffeine

Lunchtime: a vending machine

Tick tock, tick tock

Living by clocks

Stopwatch sticks limits on walks

Picks hickory talks

Ticks dickory dock

Clock time, clock mind

I'm living by clocks

Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick

Afternoon appointments

Carefully scheduled to be expedient

Workday almost over

Home to dinner, that's an order

Tick tock, tick tock

Living by clocks

Stopwatch sticks limits on walks

Picks hickory talks

Ticks dickory dock

Clock time, clock mind

I'm living by clocks

Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick

Living by clocks, living by clocks, living by

Living by

Living by clocks, living by clocks

Big Ben scurries through all our lives

Watchbands watch us, keep us in time

What'cha gonna do without a calendar or an almanac?

You'd fall behind

The pendulum falls

One two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve

Midnight noon

I'm living by clocks

Tick tock, tick tock

Living by clocks

Stopwatch sticks limits on walks

Picks hickory talks

Ticks dickory dock

Clock time, clock mind

I'm living by clocks

Tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick…

“Supernova 1”

Brian Hutzell