Clock Without Hands Lyrics - Nanci Griffith

I am a clock without hands 

I'm walking through the midnights 

Counting all the moments of the loves I've left behind 

Crying on the shoulders of the days, I've not forgotten now 

I am frozen in time like the battles of the soldiers 

Left displaced of time where their tears still fall 

Loves that wreck out on the track 

Far beyond my looking back to recall 

I'm just a clock upon the shelf 

Without hands to give the time of day for love at all 

And I am a clock without hands, no one understands this 

That when the autumn comes I see no reason for a fall 

Spring can fall to move me with it's tulips and it's clover 

Now the time for love is over 

I am a clock without hands 

I'm just tickin' and that's all 

I am a clock without hands 

I'm just tickin' and that's all 

I recall a time, when love still had the power 

To reach inside this clock 

Where my hands held a dream 

The innocence of passion and the words of St. Teresa chiming in 

And I recall the faith of the love of my life 

And the loosing of my hands 

Which he took with him when he died 

And I'm crying on the shoulders of his love that I'm remembering now 

And it's been ages since this heart has ticked a beat of love 

So I've forgotten how 

And I am a clock without hands, no one understands this 

That when the autumn comes I see no reason for a fall 

Spring can fall to move me with it's tulips and it's clover 

Now the time for love is over 

I am a clock without hands 

I'm just tickin' and that's all 

I am a clock without hands 

I'm just tickin' and that's all 

I am a clock without hands 

I'm just tickin' and that's all