I once rode in vest pockets warm
Sheltered safe from every storm
Now rust claims my golden crown
Weeds grow tall on broken ground
Brass hands tick where projectors shone
Altos hum in speaker cones
Winding down but not unwound
Lost minutes find their sacred sound
Stem turns loose in morning dew
Glass face cracked but holding true
Weeds grow tall through broken rows
Where the speaker wire goes
Brass hands tick where projectors shone
Altos hum in speaker cones
Winding down but not unwound
Lost minutes find their sacred sound
Gears remember Sunday breath
Holding notes past life and death
Projector beams are long since gone
Stars mark time where cars drove on
Brass hands tick where projectors shone
Altos hum in speaker cones
Winding down but not unwound
Lost minutes find their sacred sound
Chain links catch on twisted wire
Rusted tight and pulling higher
Footsteps fade on gravel road
Heavy now this metal load
But I still count in minor keys
Hear the hymn in summer breeze
Every tick a psalm line sung
Every tock a prayer rung
Dawn breaks through the torn screen holes
Light strikes glass and wakes the gold
One last wind before I rest
Time kept faith and passed the test
Brass hands tick where projectors shone
Altos hum in speaker cones
Winding down but not unwound
Lost minutes find their sacred sound
Brass hands tick where projectors shone
Altos hum in speaker cones
Tick tock amen brass rests now