WHEN THE HANDS OF THE CLOCK PRAY AT MIDNIGHT
Man Curtis

as rec by Helen O'Conell & Gisele MacKenzie 
w Dave Cavanaugh & his Orch  1950's

also rec by Ella Fitzgerald & The Ray Charles Singers 
w Orch cond by Sy Oliver '53

Don Cornell


When the hands of the clock pray at midnight
And they point to heaven above,
At the end of the day,
We smile and we pray
That the time will hurry by
When you'll come home again to stay.

Every tick of the clock seems to echo,
Every beat of my heart calling too;
As I whisper your name,
Does your heart do the same
When the hands of the clock pray for you?

As I whisper your name,
Does your heart do the same
When the hands of the clock pray for you?



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2011)