Over Time Hardcover – May 7, 2025

Over TimePaul MurphyThe final set of lyrics written by singer/songwriter Paul Murphy.Volume 29 in the series, this anthology collects together all the material composed in March 2025 – an astounding 60 songs in total. Ballads, love songs. political and social commentaries, narrative 'mini-movie' songs and dust-bowl treaties. Questions, reflections, remunerations and examinations. The works are presented in their final form, plus each lyric is accompanied by a photograph of its original handwritten manuscript, where one existed - stricken with paralysis due to an incurable auto-immune muscular degenerative disorder, several of the lyrics were composed live-to-camera, and then transcribed.Also included is an essay by Paul, ‘Punching The Clock’, a song-by-song commentary on the back-story to and the creative process of each work.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Closing TimeClosing time – the axe is fallingClosing time – the widow’s callingShe says her grave has room to spareShe points my way – and I don’t carePull the cord – turn the handleMy tie’s on tight – let me dangleThe hands have stopped, the clock-face brokeI said “So what” – but I misspokeWhat’s my name – I can’t rememberAll my dreams lie there dismemberedThe raven smells what tongues won’t tellFar more than tears this bleak day fellTake my hand – now point it forwardsSee that glade it’s beckoning towards?From whence I came, I still don’t knowBut closing time – means I must go Read more