Father Time

"Father Time"
Album track by Avant Garde
Album	The Purple Demo
Released	1988
Recorded	July 3—July 16, 1988 at Trod Nossel Studios, Wallingford, CT
Length	8:50
Label	None
Status	Officially released
The Purple Demo track listing
"Standing In The Paris Rain" (3) "Father Time" (4) "Never Forget" (5)

"Father Time" is the fourth track from Avant Garde's second demo, (The Purple Demo).

Appearances

• The Purple Demo (1988)
• Alone V: Before Weezer (2020)

Overview

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Known recordings

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Performer(s)	Title	Filename	Date of recording	Recording location	Length	Appeared on	Notes
Rivers Cuomo	Father Time	1988-03- q  Father Time writing tape.mp3	March 1988	469 South Eagleville Rd., Mansfield, CT	7:50	Alone V: Before Weezer
Rivers Cuomo	Father Time	1988-03 q Father Time writing tape 4.mp3	March 1988	469 South Eagleville Rd., Mansfield, CT	9:34	Alone V: Before Weezer
Avant Garde	Father Time		July 3—July 16, 1988	Trod Nossel Studios, Wallingford, CT	8:50	The Purple Demo

Personnel

• Kevin Ridel: vocals
• Rivers Cuomo: guitar
• Eric Ridel: guitar
• Justin Fisher: bass
• Bryn Mutch: percussion

Lyrics

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Time passes by
Into here its silent cry
Fled far below
Our sands are running slow

Night after night
Watching the days go by
Sand turned to stone
The centuries alone

White of my eye
Sees not what does rely
Silenced again
Knows not what slips away

Line after line
Verses misplaced by time
Let them remain
Nor rearrange

Father, father, father
What will I do?

Can you tell, can you tell the time?
???
Can you try to release the spell?
??? a thousand bells
Can you tell, can you tell the time?
Double time to release my mind
Can you tell, can you tell the time?
Is there any time for me to find?

Father, father, father
What will I do?

Regret, father clock
It reads four seconds fast
But still, I've enough time to ???
??? the past
Many revolutions after

Your time is up

See also

• Avant Garde
• List of Rivers Cuomo songs
• The Purple Demo
• Somethin' Different!