Night shift ends at quarter past four
Coffee stains the checkered floor
Regulars all paid and gone
Watch keeps ticking on and on
Snow piles high on Maple Street
Boots leave tracks on concrete sheets
Pocket glass catches morning light
Silver hands hold frozen time
Cobblestone ticker deep below
Winter wind can't stop the flow
Gold case warmed by city steam
Heart beats steady in the dream
Fryer grease still on my sleeve
Watch was found on Christmas Eve
Buried where the horses trod
Left there by some forgotten god
Cobblestone ticker deep below
Winter wind can't stop the flow
Gold case warmed by city steam
Heart beats steady in the dream
Hands move slow but never stop
Ticking past the coffee shop
Past the grill and past the booth
Time don't care about the truth
Polish brass with sleeve rag wipe
Second hand makes perfect pipe
Tick tock rhythm matches mine
Three AM and feeling fine
Alley stones keep secrets deep
Watch don't need no battery
Spring wound tight by calloused thumb
Keeps on beating when I come
Cobblestone ticker deep below
Winter wind can't stop the flow
Gold case warmed by city steam
Heart beats steady in the dream
Cobblestone ticker, winter proof
Time keeps moving, that's the truth
