National Health - Clocks and Clouds lyrics

Past the Northern Lights And flying on through polar nights The pressure's growing overhead In a month of Sundays you won't find a sunbeam Clocks and clouds say rainy times ahead From the Northern shores And down the starlit corridors The clouds are gathering again I can feel the weather-clocks humming in their cases Soon we'll have to shelter from the rain Grey skies, magnetised My, how time flies Seeing stars ionised My, how time slips away… Now then Sun, what's your problem? Rise and shine There are bu*terflies to chase And shadows to define On a day like this there's no point In starting late You've got atmospheres to warm Equators to equate Come on then, hurry up You're obviously bright enough To know that you're only wasting time From the Northern shores And down the starlit corridors The clouds are gathering again So in stormy times I'll open my umbrella Clocks and clouds make raining times again The storm is gone The clouds have vanished from the sky The sound of thunder fades away And the weather-clocks are ticking rather slowly Measuring the last part of the day…