Down Under Clock

Verse 1

Clock on the wall tick-tock like a heartbeat

Seconds slip sideways while the day plays cheap

Same road same shoes same old concrete

But the hands keep movin' and they never repeat

Mum's laugh got softer round the edges now

Dad's hands got heavier tryin' to show me how

Used to climb his shoulders now I look him eye to eye

Time's a quiet thief with a patient alibi

Pre-Chorus

And I feel it in the mornings when the light comes through

All the years I can't return to

Chorus

Time don't wait for nobody down under

It takes what it takes and it don't give back the thunder

We blink and the seasons turn to another

Time's the only truth that we all gotta suffer

Post-Chorus

Tick tock tick

Tick tock tick

On and on and on and on

Tick tock tick

Verse 2

Used to count the days till my birthday cake

Now I'm countin' rent days wonderin' what I make

The kettle boils the toast gets brown the news gets old

Funny how the future used to look so gold

My best mate's kid just called him "old man"

I remember schoolyard days with that same kid in hand

We traded cards and secret codes and stolen smokes

Now we trade mortgage talk and overdue jokes

Pre-Chorus

And I feel it in the silence when the night gets deep

All the promises I couldn't keep

Chorus

Time don't wait for nobody down under

It takes what it takes and it don't give back the thunder

We blink and the seasons turn to another

Time's the only truth that we all gotta suffer

Post-Chorus

Tick tock tick

Tick tock tick

On and on and on and on

Tick tock tick

Bridge

Flashback to the backyard cricket summer heat

Barefoot on the lawn and the world looked sweet

Now I'm checkin' my reflection for the grey

Wonderin' where the hell the good years went away

Chorus

Time don't wait for nobody down under

It takes what it takes and it don't give back the thunder

We blink and the seasons turn to another

Time's the only truth that we all gotta suffer

Outro

Tick tock tick

Tick tock tick

On and on

Till we're gone