Clock Winds Down

It's hard to know what to say As the world around us fades away Reason falls on deaf ears And the truth dissolves and disappears As the clock winds down Warning signs years ago We did not want to know All consuming selfish ways Now there's a price to pay As the clock winds down The ice caps melt, the Amazon burns To the point of no return The grid goes down, screens go blank We'll be walking down the plank As the clock winds down See the children take to the streets When they hear Greta Thunberg speak Watch the young warriors climb down from the trees Chain themselves to machinery As the clock winds down La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la, la-la It's hard to know what to say When a child looks up and says "Hey old man, what did you do? We were depending on you" Now the clock winds down Now the clock winds down Now the clock winds down To zero