Clock of Life (Clock of Life 5) - Conrad Mortiss
The clock of life ticks one tick at a time, it ticks on
Boots covered by the town street's dust where shadows stalk and dangers are unknown
Blank boards creak with a whispering groan
Spurs jingle softly with each step but you know that you're not alone
You ride, you roam from town to town, dangers abound but you go on
Big iron on your hip and a rifle at hand
Staying out of trouble is the name of the game
Step by step by step you go on
Death is certain, the time unknown
A winding trail you can't rewind
The steps of death are close behind
The clock ticks on
You move on
You go on
On the train of time
The sun dips low as it sets the sky on fire
Each breath feels heavy, each mile feels higher
A crow calls out like a mournful hymn
A coyote sings its lullaby in the darkness of the night
The air grows cool as the light grows dim
The shadows grow, what hides in them is unknown
It may be benign but there could be lurking harm
Step by step by step you go on
Death is certain, the time unknown
A winding trail you can't rewind
The steps of death are close behind
The clock ticks on
You move on
You go on
On the train of time
Time won't stop, it won't even slow down
The hands keep moving round and round
Every minute whispers clear the end could be far, the end could be near
You do not know when or where
Death may appear
Step by step by step you go on
Death is certain, the time you do not know
A winding trail you can't rewind
The steps of death are close behind
The clock ticks on
You move on
You go on
On the train of time
All these years you ride, you go on from ranch to ranch, from town to town
Open valleys, dusty trails, rivers clear that flow like sand
In an hourglass counting time
Shunning trouble is the game, staying alive you must the same
The hands of time do not stop, they do not even slow
Like drops of water life goes on closer to the end with each strike of time
Step by step by step you go on
Death is certain, the time unknown
A winding trail you can't rewind
The steps of death are close behind
The clock ticks on
You move on
You go on
On the train of time
Step by step by step you go on
Death is certain, the time you do not know