[00:13.68]A teacher had you write a letter' you were eight years old
[00:16.42]About the man that you'd become and the positions you'd hold
[00:19.48]But this was long before you and Jackie Jaronimo met
[00:22.89]In the Prelude Park at midnight
[00:24.82]Now when it came to bells and whistles' Jackie did not lack
[00:27.88]And when she kissed you on the kisser' boy' you kissed her back
[00:30.75]Now you tell her that you love her and she cuts you slack
[00:33.44]When you drink with your buddies on the weekend
[00:36.05]
[00:37.24]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on
[00:41.80]You spend your whole life dropping nickles in the bucket
[00:44.62]Waking up at dawn
[00:46.43]
[00:47.93]And while Jackie bestowed the joys of fingerlickin'
[00:51.61]
[00:53.93]That clock up on the wall was a tickin'
[00:57.98]
[00:59.72]You got yourself a job cleaning hospital floors
[01:02.41]While Jackie had a baby and she had five more
[01:05.21]They pay you just enough to drag your ass to the store
[01:08.27]To buy bread' milk and better gardenshomes and
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[01:11.08]Jackie flips the pages and she dreams little dreams
[01:14.08]A cottage in the country built with real wood beams
[01:16.82]There's a baby in the bedroom' he's starting to scream
[01:19.68]She holds him' though he probably won't remember
[01:22.24]
[01:23.18]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on
[01:27.05]
[01:27.62]Sometimes dreams are all you've got
[01:29.43]To keep you going when the day gets long
[01:32.55]
[01:33.80]And you gave up so many just to make a living
[01:37.37]
[01:39.56]That clock up on the wall was a tickin'
[01:43.61]
[01:45.30]Now the kids were all grateful when they left the nest
[01:48.35]And Jackie wasn't perfect but she did her best
[01:51.11]She sees the opportunity to get you some rest
[01:53.85]But you can't sleep on the account of screaming grandkids
[01:56.79]The golden years are meant to leave a gleam in your eye
[02:00.21]You're starting to discover it's a great big lie
[02:02.46]They work you like a dog until you quit or you die
[02:05.21]But you can't quit because Jackie needs the benefits
[02:07.94]
[02:08.76]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on
[02:12.51]
[02:13.50]They say patience is a virtue
[02:15.44]But the doctor says she don't have long
[02:17.49]
[02:19.49]You stood up and tried your damndest not to listen
[02:23.23]
[02:25.11]But that clock up on the wall was a tickin'
[02:29.66]
[02:43.70]When they told you to clear the room' that's when it hit you
[02:49.94]
[02:53.31]You watched as a caravan took your sweetheart away
[02:59.25]
[03:02.49]The arguments and the fights and money troubles seem so worthless as
[03:09.23]
[03:11.16]As the kids throw yellow roses on her grave
[03:17.84]
[03:21.27]And the weeks fly by and the years roll on
[03:27.82]
[03:28.94]The house is quiet now and everything inside it seems to know she's gone
[03:36.18]
[03:38.37]There's a picture of you both' sixteen years old' just kissing
[03:44.17]
[03:46.73]And that clock up on the wall was a tickin'
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[04:19.93]You always thought she had a chance
[04:21.61]That there was somewhere she hid
[04:22.80]And now you've come to the conclusion that she never did
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[04:29.08]Have a chance' that is