TICK TOCK ON THE CLOCK LYRICS FULL VERSION

also, it forshadows the doctor's death, but that also doesn't account for many lines like the one about marriage. but many lines don't fit that like 'he cradled and he wrocked her' and 'now summer's gone away'. someone mentioned above that this rhyme sums up the doctor's relationship with river. Rob T Firefly 06:34, Septem(UTC) this is probably completely wrong ,but whatever.

TICK TOCK ON THE CLOCK LYRICS FULL VERSION

The full version of the rhyme, as Mark Gatiss was kind enough to share on his Twitter: Tick tock goes the clockĮven for the Doctor. It does interestingly sum up River and the Doctor's relationship however.- 82.11.57.232 18:40, Septem(UTC)

Unless, of course, Gatiss and Moffat were both lying, which is always possible… - 173.228.85.35 06:44, Septem(UTC)Īctually it's all info we know Cory Jaynes 03:31, Septem(UTC) So, there shouldn't be any clues hidden in the words. Mark Gatiss said that Moffat asked him to write a 'spooky nursery rhyme' that prefigures the Doctor's upcoming death, but didn't give him any details beyond that. Tick, tock, goes the clock, even for the Doctor. Tick, tock, goes the clock, he cradled and he rocked her. Tick, tock, goes the clock, even for the Doc… Tick, tock, goes the clock, we laughed at fate and mourned her. Tick, tock, and all too soon, you and I must die. Tick, tock, goes the clock, and all the years they fly. Tick, tock, until the day, that thou shall marry me. Tick, tock, goes the clock, and what things shall we see? And 'Tick-Tock Sick' tells us that he was already feeling the crunch just six years into his career.Did anyone catch the words of the child's song at the end of Night Terrors ? The only line I could make out was the last one '.even for the Doctor'. Jim Henson accomplished an amazing amount in his life, but given the large number of files on unrealized projects that are in the archives, he clearly didn't have enough time to do all that he wanted to do. The theme of the song, the relentlessness of time, was later explored by Jim in his 1964 short film, TimePiece, and touched on again with the thirteen hour clock in Labyrinth. It is not clear that 'Tick-Tock Sick' was used for anything in particular, but it sounds like it may have accompanied puppet performances on Sam and Friends or a variety show. At the time Jim made the recording, he was living in Washington, DC and performing Sam and Friends on local television as well as making appearances on variety shows and making commercials for various products. The main song was called 'Tick-Tock Sick' and the flip side had a song called 'The Countryside'.īoth were written by Jim, and we have his typed lyrics for 'Tick-Tock Sick' in the archives. The 45RPM record was recorded under the Signature label ('A product of Hanover-Signature Record Corp.'). No alarm clock disturbs any sleep of mine.Īll rejuvinated and I use the sun dial to tell the time.Īlso, here's a little info about the song from a 'Sam and Friends' fan site as written in an e-mail from Karen Falk, Archivist for The Jim Henson Company. Grind the wrist watch into the floor boards, Into the garbage can with the stop watch! Out the window with this object of the devil! With the wicked interjection of the gadget's scrambled version That confounded my affection for the sound of pleasant ticking Of the evil-minded genius who invented the contraption Not a shadow of suspicion of the underhanded scheming Only listenin' to the syncopated moments of the calculated Never suspectin' of the end that was comin' In the wee small hours I fell in the sack to the lullaby of the. With the ticks and the tocks and the rhythm that rocks. Went to the store where they sell the clocks That clock's got rhythm with a beat that swings. I put a question mark next to the line that I'm not 100% sure about.

Tick tock on the clock lyrics