Lyrics to
Clockwork Creep

Released by 10Cc in 1974
From the Album: Sheet Music |

This version of Clockwork Creep was released by 10Cc in 1974.

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“I’m a clockwork creep
And I can’t get to sleep
They wind me up and let me go
And I can’t unwind
Going out of my mind
My time is coming soon you know”

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

“I’m a jumbo jet
With a brand new set
Of passengers and bags and crew
I’ll spread my wings –
Do a thousand things
To prove how good I am to you”

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

Meanwhile in the cargo of escargot
The temperature is rising
Advertising that our time is running
Down, down, down, down, down
Oh with just one minute to live
Oh, no you’ll never get me up in one of these again
‘Cos what goes up must come
Down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down

Oh, the gravity of the situation
It’s only my willpower
That keeps this thing in operation
But we’re gonna crash that’s for certain
The pilot is too busy flirtin’
And he ain’t aware
That there’s a bomb down there
And if he don’t do something it’s curtains

“Now just hold on,”
Said the little bomb,
“If you were just to hold my hands
Then time would stop
The plot would flop
And jumbo would be safe to land”

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

My landings are the envy
Of Sabena and Pan Am
From Chattanooga to Japan
I taxi through the airways –
What a swell little plane
What a fine little plane
What a great little plane
I am

“Hang on one sec
I’m a clockwork wreck
And though my fuse is burning slow
Must keep my date to detonate
Goodbye, ta ta, and cheerio

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb
Tick a tick a time bomb

Tick a………”


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About Lyrics and Clockwork Creep by 10Cc

The lyrics for Clockwork Creep are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1974 song by 10Cc. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Clockwork Creep have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Clockwork Creep - 10Cc and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Clockwork Creep by 10Cc in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Clockwork Creep" means the words set to the music of Clockwork Creep, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by 10Cc. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Clockwork Creep and the lyrics to Clockwork Creep are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of 10Cc who came here looking just for the lyrics to Clockwork Creep, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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