Christy Moore Clock Winds Down ( Official Audio)

Written by Jim Page. Video artwork Direction: David Rooney. Video animation: Simone Heineck. Taken from the album, Flying into , listen here: Lyrics Its 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 Allconsuming selfish ways Now theres 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 Well 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 Its hard to know what to say When a child looks up and says Hey old man, what did you