[00:01.57]The old folks don't talk much
[00:06.37]They talk so slowly when they do
[00:12.41]They are rich they are poor
[00:14.78]Their illusions are gone
[00:17.22]They share one heart for two
[00:21.53]Their homes all smell of time
[00:24.75]Of old photographs and an old fashioned song
[00:31.21]Though you may live in town, you live so far away
[00:36.48]When you've lived too long
[00:39.70]Have they laughed too much
[00:42.40]Do their dry voices crack talking of things gone by
[00:49.46]Have they cried too much
[00:51.81]A tear or two still always seems to cloud the eye
[00:57.53]They tremble as they watch the old silver clock
[01:03.49]When day is through, tick tock oh so slow
[01:08.40]It says yes it says no, it says I wait for you
[01:23.81]The old folks dream no more
[01:28.80]Their books have gone to sleep
[01:32.36]The piano's out of tune
[01:35.36]The little cat is dead
[01:37.58]And no more do they sing on a sunday afternoon
[01:43.70]The old folks move no more
[01:46.61]Their world become to small
[01:50.12]Their bodies feel like lead
[01:53.29]They might look out a window or else sit it a chair
[01:57.52]Or else they stay in bed
[02:01.45]And if they still go out arm in arm, arm in arm
[02:08.07]In the morning chill
[02:10.64]It's to have a good cry to say their last goodbye
[02:15.18]To one who's older still
[02:18.66]And then they go home to the old silver clock
[02:25.07]When day is through, tick tock so so slow
[02:29.81]It says yes it says no, it says I wait for you
[02:44.93]The old folks never die
[02:50.96]They just put down their heads and go to sleep one day
[02:57.56]They'll hold each others hands like children in the dark
[03:02.31]But one will get lost anyway and the other will remain
[03:09.17]Just sitting in a room which makes no sound
[03:14.86]It doesn't matter now
[03:16.90]The song has died away and echo's all around
[03:23.46]You'll see them as they walk through the sun filled parks
[03:29.56]Where children run and play
[03:33.65]It hurst to much to smile it hurts so much
[03:37.76]But life goes on for still another day
[03:41.48]As they try to escape the old silver clock
[03:47.47]When day is through, tick tock oh so slow
[03:52.40]It says yes it says no, it says I wait for you
[04:05.37]The old old silver clock that's hanging on the wall
[04:17.70]That waits for us all