P.S. A Column On Things

By PAUL E. SCHINDLER JR. I am from Portland, Oregon, Beaumont ’66, Benson High ’70, MIT ’74. Some things are impossible to know, but it is impossible to know these things.

The Clock Starts Over

CHORUS
I thought of you, I just can’t stop, so the clock starts over today.
The clock starts over today.

1
I’ll be done with grief they say
When I can get through one whole day
… without thinking of you.
Let me tell you I know,
I’ve got a long way to go.

2
I wake up in the morning, I feel so alone.
The empty space next to me
makes me wish I could see
… why you went away,
so now I’m thinking of you.


CHORUS
I thought of you, I just can’t stop, so the clock starts over today.
The clock starts over today.


3
 It’s noon and I haven’t thought of you once,
then I see a good looking guy.
He could be your new lover

… handsome, tall and fit.
You left me and maybe that’s why.

4
A song comes up on Spotify
It used to make us smile.
I listen to it for a while
…Today it makes me sad.
Another memory, couldn’t help it as I cried.



CHORUS
I thought of you, I just can’t stop, so the clock starts over today.
The clock starts over today.

5
The weeks go by and then the months
Then today a change:
…Grief has left the building.
I got through one whole day
Without thinking of you, as I knew I could do


6
I’m free from the chains of a broken heart.

My life is ready for a brand new start.
As I kiss the love of my life.



FINAL CHORUS
Thoughts of you haunt me no longer, so the clock stops as of today.
The clock stops as of today

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Paul E. Schindler Jr.

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