The Lesson from the Clock

1 I sit upon the mantel shelf,
Tick, tick, tick, tick,
Should you not be like myself!
Tick, tick, tick, tick.
Keeping busy all the time,
Always working with a rhyme,
Don’t you hear my merry chime!
Tick, tick, tick, tick.

Chorus:
You can learn a lesson if you listen,
Will you try?
Will you try?
You can learn a lesson if you listen,
For I’m always busy ticking as the time goes by.

2 My face is kept so very clean,
Tick, tick, tick, tick,
So the truth is ever seen,
Tick, tick, tick, tick.
For I tell the truth at sight,
Honesty is my delight,
What I do is for the right,
Tick, tick, tick, tick [Chorus]

3 A spring is daily wound in me,
Tick, tick, tick, tick,
That’s what makes my hands agree,
Tick, tick, tick, tick.
One is fast; the other slow,
‘Round and ‘round my face they go,
And the time correctly show,
Tick, tick, tick, tick. [Chorus]

4 Conscience, an alarm in me,
Tick, tick, tick, tick,
Says now up, thy duty see,
Tick, tick, tick, tick.
Strike the hour, His message tell,
Let His love your bosom swell,
You should learn this lesson well,
Tick, tick, tick, tick. [Chorus]


Source: Sunday School and Revival: with Y.M.C.A. supplement #184

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