Teletype Click

Boom, boom, all around go the wheels of the town

And the teletype goes click

"Look up, stay still" said the man on the hill

To the child by the edge of the cliff

And she looks down on the mothers in town

While her toes turn to pebbles and dust

Boom, boom, all around go the wheels of the town

And the teletype goes click

"Don't hurry, wait" cried the man at the gate

To the child by the edge of the track

And she looks ahead, no more was said

But her eyes became so wrongly pleased

Boom, boom, all around go the wheels of the town

And the teletype goes click

"Too late, now run" shouts the man in the sun

To the girl by the edge of the track

She turns in surprise and a mist in her eyes

Has cleared and the child is gone

Gone, the child is gone