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the clockwork quartet - the watchmaker's apprentice lyrics

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that mister macarthur’s looked all over town
but he won’t find me now, for i’m offcoastward bound
i’m trading the smog for some fresh salt sea air
and he’ll never catch on that i’m there

i once was his apprentice in the clockmaking trade
and the miser made me work for every penny of my wage
’til he found he could replace me with a clockwork machine
and he threw me right out on the street

i’m not the kind who would grovel and pray
that he dared to recant and permit me to stay
so i cursed him and left and i solemnly swore that he’d pay

now mister macarthur has very poor eyes
and he never did see me when he left work at night
and once in a while he would forget to check
that his workshop back window was closed

now, i’m not a burglar, and am no vandal nor
the old man had to suffer, but i wanted something more
i wanted him to feel it and know it was me
and i knew that his clocks were the key

i sat in his workshop, my thoughts running wild
and it suddenly hit me and i looked up and smiled
for i knew that i’d have him
and i knew that i’d do it in style

i tell you that clockwork’s a powerful thing
there’s a terrible strength in those tightly-wound springs
and a gentleman’s pocket-watch stays by his heart
and that’s where the damage can start

now, i’m no machine but i can work when i choose
with hands good as any when i’ve something to prove
so i stayed up all night among cogs, springs, and screws
and i didn’t stop ’til i was through

i rigged up a watch to do more than just chime
and i didn’t balk once at the depth of my crime!
the most perfect invention
that still kept impeccable time!

last week, a young man stopped by in the shop
took a shine to a timepiece and paid on the spot
he wound it and wore it, and at six on the dot
he came to a messy and permanent stop

now mister macarthur’s got blood on his hands
and he barely made bail, he’s a ruined man
and surely he knows who his downfall was planned by
it’s all worked out like clockwork

- the clockwork quartet lyrics

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