[Intro]
1, 2, 3, 4...

[Verse 1]
As I drove in the nail
That was attached to a spring
I adjusted the door
For the breadth of its swing

[Chorus]
She looked at me and said
Did you know that I was once a clockmaker?
A clockmaker

[Verse 2]
I didn't do aesthetics
I designed the works and gears
I refined my mathematics
For over 30 years

[Chorus: Denison Witmer & Sufjan Stevens]
It takes a special kind of mind
If you're going to learn to be a clockmaker
Clockmaker
A clockmaker
Clockmaker
[Verse 3]
Now my children are grown
With children of their own
My house, it feels a little quiet

So do you mind if I stand
And watch you work with your hands
It's a language that I understand

[Bridge]
I said takе all
The time
That you need

I steppеd back
Pulled down my mask
She smiled at me

[Chorus: Denison Witmer & Sufjan Stevens]
And my dad joked to a clockmaker
Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker
A clockmaker
Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker
A clockmaker
Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker
A clockmaker
Clockmaker, clockmaker, clockmaker