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Grandfather Clock

from Lineage by Farewell Friend

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Song by Tom Troyer
(ASCAP)

lyrics

I am a dancing child
Last of a dying race
I am a tree in a field
A place where you can land
and rest your opinions
and listen to the wind and hear the whisper…
ready go!
I ain’t no grandfather clock
damned to carry my chains
while the bells are always ringing in my brains.
I ain’t no astrolabe charting ancient seas
while my lucky star is always out of reach.
This is what I’m supposed to do right now
Oh teacher would you tell me how? Tell me now.
oh teacher would you take a bow?
Are you an inch worm? Or a million miles long?
You gave a word but I still can’t write a song.
So I will sing about defeat and I will dance without my feet,
cut off my toes and they can dance their lonely beat.
This is what I’m supposed to do right now.
Oh teacher would you tell me how? tell me now.
Oh teacher would you take a bow?
Am I a salesman who has never made a sell?
Am I pilgrim who is doing half as well?
Am I thief condemned for wanting more
so short I’m taring out my seems for sleepy dreams.
died long ago so let me go let me go let me go home.
There is a grey sky dancing on the waves and my hands are treading
fire
but this boat will do just fine in the mean time
until the stars become my grave.
Well the weeds will call me home while I wait
while I wait
while I wait
For you.
Cause this is what I’m supposed to do right now
Oh teacher would you tell me how tell me now
Oh teacher this is what I’m supposed to do
Oh teacher would you tell me how tell me now
Oh teacher this is what I’m supposed to do
Oh teacher would you tell me how?

credits

from Lineage, released June 11, 2018
Ben Jones drums. Evan Campfield bass. Mark Byerly electric guitar. Tom Troyer acoustic guitar and vocals. Virginia Wimmer violin. Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Tom Troyer at Black Rabbit Audio.

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Farewell Friend North Carolina

Farewell Friend is a North Carolina based folk rock band. Farewell Friend’s music is first and foremost an exploration of poetry and narrative

Tom - singer, songwriter, guitar
Evan - upright bass, moog, rickenbacker
Caleb - violin and telecaster
Zac - drums
Featuring Kevan Chandler on harmonica and Galen Clark on mandolin.

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