shut up and listen to what you ve been given hold on listen while the blood is waiting there s a clock on the mantle watches as time rolls by saying there s mountains to climb and the sky if we re willing to aim high for the rest of your life the man who told me this story is long dead but i hear his music alive in my head spent his whole life giving as best he can saying help me believe in the things i believe in the clock on the mantel watches as time rolls by saying there s mountains to climb and the sky if we are willing to aim high we are just children at heart if not in our minds for the rest of our lives shut up and listen