Lyrics

TIMEPIECE / © 1972 Steve Cowan
From the One More Night Like This CD

Timepiece takes away the day
I think about the way I care for you
Timepiece—a lemon-flavored flame
Waxen drops of reasoning what we’ve gone through

Timepiece dangling from a chain
Arrangements for the pain we’ve had to bear
Timepiece—an artifact of gold
Give us time to hold onto our share

This is how I think it has to be
It’s up to us to see

Timepiece becomes your morning laugh
Measures how content I am with you
Timepiece, of teardrops and of sand
Will you find the man that you hope to?

How you left this morning before we had to rise
Did I see a lonely laughter in your eyes?
Are you so uncertain of the feelings in your heart?
Do you think it much too soon for them to start?

This is how I think it has to be
It’s up to us to see

Timepiece—a dial beneath the sun
You will be the one to keep the time