Clocks and Clouds is a beautiful and poetic ballad very representative of the progressive style of the canterbury scene, the piece belongs to the emblematic British band, National Health ... the track can be found on the Missing Pieces album released in 1975 ...
regards
Paul
Clocks and Clouds:
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 butterflies 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…
source: https://genius.com/National-health-clocks-and-clouds-lyrics
