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A clockwork is the inner workings of either a mechanical clock or a device that operates in a similar fashion. Specifically, the term refers to a mechanical device utilizing a complex series of gears.
A clockwork motor is a mechanically powered clockwork device powered by a mainspring. Clockwork motors are generally manually energised using a key (wound up) via a ratchet device.
Often power for the device is stored within it, via a winding device that applies mechanical stress to an energy-storage mechanism such as a mainspring, thus involving some form of escapement; in other cases, hand power may be utilized. The use of wheels, whether linked by friction or gear teeth, to redirect motion or gain speed or torque, is typical; many clockworks have been constructed primarily to serve as visible or implicit tours de force of mechanical ingenuity in this area. Sometimes clocks and timing mechanisms are used to set off explosives, timers, alarms and many other devices.
The most common examples are mechanical clocks – hence the name. Others include:
John Burgess Wilson (25 February 1917 – 22 November 1993) – who published under the pen name Anthony Burgess – was an English author, poet, playwright, composer, linguist, translator and critic.
The dystopian satire A Clockwork Orange is Burgess's most famous novel, though he dismissed it as one of his lesser works. It was adapted into a highly controversial 1971 film by Stanley Kubrick, which Burgess said was chiefly responsible for the popularity of the book. Burgess produced numerous other novels, including the Enderby quartet, and Earthly Powers. He was a prominent critic, writing acclaimed studies of classic writers such as William Shakespeare, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence and Ernest Hemingway. In 2008, The Times placed Burgess number 17 on their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Burgess was an accomplished musician and linguist. He composed over 250 musical works, including a first symphony around age 18, wrote a number of libretti, and translated, among other works, Cyrano de Bergerac, Oedipus the King and Carmen.
Might as well have my alarm
Set on my phone, girl
It's like you got a camera
Don't know how you know
I'm home alone, girl
Come around ten forty-seven
Every Friday night
Might as well leave the light on
'Cause you're always right on time
You call, I say hello
You knock, I'm lettin' you in
You say you've missed my lips
We kiss, here we go again
Your dress, my shirt
We love, I live and never learn
I crash, I burn, you leave, I hurt
Like clockwork
It's like I'm walkin' down the street
And fall in that same trap, girl
I see a freight train comin'
And I just stand there on the tracks, girl
Somebody'd be gettin' rich if they were placin' bets
On me thinkin' no, no no; always sayin' yes
You call, I say hello
You knock, I'm lettin' you in
You say you've missed my lips
We kiss, here we go again
Your dress, my shirt
We love, I live and never learn
I crash, I burn, you leave, I hurt
Like clockwork
It's too easy, you know my street
You know where I leave my key
Baby, you know me,
I can count on you to count on me
It's like a movie I've seen a thousand times
I hate the end, but I still hit rewind
You call, I say hello
You knock, I'm lettin' you in
You say you've missed my lips
We kiss, here we go again
Your dress, my shirt
We love, I live and never learn
I crash, I burn, you leave, I hurt
Like clockwork
Like clockwork
Like clockwork