Текст песни JOHNNY CASH - My Grandfather's Clock
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Текст песни JOHNNY CASH - My Grandfather's Clock
My grandfather's clock was too tall for the shelfSo it stood ninety years on the floorIt was taller by half than the old man himselfThough it weighed not a pennyweight moreIt was bought on the morn of the day that he was bornAnd was always his treasure and prideBut it stopped short never to go again when the old man died( )Ninety years without slumbering his life second's numberingIt stopped short never to go again when the old man diedMy grandfather said that of those he could hireNot a servant so faithful he foundFor it wasted no time and had but one desireAt the close of each week to be woundAnd it kept in its place not a frown upon its faceAnd its hands never hung by its sideBut it stopped short never to go again when the old man diedIt rang and alarmed in the dead of the nightAn alarm that for years had been dumbAnd we knew that his spirit was pluming for flightThat his hour for departure had comeStill the clock kept the time with a soft and muffled chimeAs we silently stood by his sideBut it stopped short never to go again when the old man diedNinety years without slumbering...