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The Watchmaker's Waltz

from The Grand Complication by Jo Wilson

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lyrics

"It was just like seeing the centre of the universe"
Dropped, stopped, "I think I can mend her"
Here starts the watchmaker's curse

She could not quite see the attraction
Of tiny wheels in shining array
Though their lives meshed with slick interaction
She felt the moments ticking away

A growing obsession of levers and hairsprings
Pinions and rockers and fine ruby bearings
With magnify-lenses and rock-steady fingers
Over his sweetheart he lovingly lingers

He lives for the joy of the grand complication
And he does it to prove he has nothing to prove
"And as soon as I've mastered this new fabrication
I will make, yes, I'll make some time for you"

He began to resent her second-wasting demands
He dreamed of escapements and places
Where he'd have time on his hands

The gravity forces of planets in motion
Are here recreated with skillful devotion
She found a new method to gain his attention
And hefted a hammer above his invention

He lives for the joy of the grand complication
And he does it to prove he has nothing to prove
"And as soon as I've mastered this procrastination
I will make, yes, I'll make some time for you"

He lived for the joy of the complex creation
And he lived it as if he had nothing to lose
"But if I could repeat this past incarnation
I would make, yes, I'd make some time for you
I would make, yes, I'd make some time for you
I would make, yes, I'd make some time for you"

credits

from The Grand Complication, released December 3, 2016
With Lee-Anne MacLennan on vocals and Doug Hutchison on trumpet.

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Jo Wilson Inverness, UK

New album, The Grand Complication, is out now!

Part-time complicated music, made at home when Jo's brain gets too full and some of it escapes, and brought to life with whatever instruments can be found lying around.

Read more about the album at www.jowilsonmusic.com

Older music can be found at dldown.bandcamp.com ... more

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