Clock Winds Down lyrics

It's hard to know what to say

As the world around us fades away

Reason falls on deaf ears

And the truth dissolves and disappears

As the clock winds down

Morning signs, years ago

We did not want to know

All-consuming selfish ways

Now there's a price to pay

As the clock winds down

The ice-caps melt, the Amazon burns

To the point of no return

The grid goes down, screams go blank

We'll be walking down the plank

As the clock winds down

See the children take to the streets

When they hear Greta Thunberg speak

I'll watch the young warriors climb down from the trees

Chain themselves to machinery

As the clock winds down

La la la...

It's hard to know what to say

When the child looks up and says:

"Hey old man, what did you do?

We were depending on you!"

Now the clock winds down

Yeah, now the clock winds down

Yeah, now the clock winds down

To zero

• Artist:Christy Moore