The Academy Blues Project - The Timekeeper Lyrics

Poor little John, Votta-helluva fella
Keeping watch with a few on his arm
First to call out, "10 minutes ‘til classes!"
And if you’re late, to sound the alarm
Always watching the clock and the traffic
So those buried in books would still find their way
For years he lived to give you the hour
And you wouldn’t give him the time of day
One day John noticed in a watch advertisement
Every time piece had 10:10 on display
Be it coinsidence, masonic symbol
Or perhaps just a trick of the trade
Poor little John, down in the village
Went to a watch store to inquire within
Why's every watch I see in the papers
Always set to ten after ten
The store owner was happy to answer his question
“Do you see the V shape formed by the two hands?
It serves to highlight the name of the maker
Now is that so hard to understand?”
But John asked “Why! If that is the purpose
Is every clock here so far behind?
Each of these watches reads 4:15?”
And the owner said… “Sir, the time is a quarter after four”

Poor little John, Votta-helluva fella
Keeping watch with a few on his arm
First to call out, "10 minutes ‘til classes!"
And if you’re late, to sound the alarm
Always watching the clock and the traffic
So those buried in books would still find their way
For years he lived to give you the hour
And you wouldn’t give him the time of day
One day John noticed in a watch advertisement
Every time piece had 10:10 on display
Be it coinsidence, masonic symbol
Or perhaps just a trick of the trade
Poor little John, down in the village
Went to a watch store to inquire within
Why's every watch I see in the papers
Always set to ten after ten
The store owner was happy to answer his question
“Do you see the V shape formed by the two hands?
It serves to highlight the name of the maker
Now is that so hard to understand?”
But John asked “Why! If that is the purpose
Is every clock here so far behind?
Each of these watches reads 4:15?”
And the owner said… “Sir, the time is a quarter after four”