Steam Powered Giraffe - Turn Back the Clock (Ballet Video)
The song "Turn Back the Clock" from Steam Powered Giraffe's 2013 album "MK III", featuring the band's very own Walter Workers, Chelsea and Camille Penyak, performing a ballet piece.
This video features the ballet piece that Chelsea and Camille Penyak from the band performed on stage back when "Turn Back the Clock" was a staple of our set lists! We filmed this way back in May of 2017. The band had a rehearsal space reserved for a YouTube livestream we were planning, but the date fell through and we decided to make use of the reserved space by filming the Walter Workers doing this ballet piece. While the original piece did have the band on either side of the stage and Rabbit interacting with the Penyaks a bit, we decided to not have the robots for this and just wanted to capture the beautiful work the Penyaks put into this piece. This video was put on the back burner and it got away from us, but we've finally edited it and now it's here for all to see.
Turn Back the Clock by Steam Powered Giraffe
Lead Vocals: Isabella Bunny Bennett
Harmonies: David Michael Bennett & Samuel Luke
Dancers: Chelsea Penyak & Camille Penyak
Choreography by Chelsea and Camille Penyak
Filmed by David Michael Bennett
Edited by David Michael Bennett and Chelsea Penyak
“Turn Back the Clock” Lyrics
Written by Isabella Bunny Bennett
Composed by David Michael Bennett and Samuel Luke
I see a smile
It's bright
as a dawn's
break of light
Is it meant for me?
This time
Can I keep it close
to warm me forever
Time can make the world strange
Folks you knew don't seem the same
Time don't care
It beats you there
And takes it all from you
Don't you think
Even a blink
Is safe from all you knew
I see the girl here
And she's smilin'
Missing two front teeth
Age is three plus three
Well she's a'laughin'
Her hair is golden
Her toes a tappin'
To the robot band
I still see her now
Smiling
Her hair done up in bows
Her brown eyes twinkling
She hummed a little song
For me
From a music box
Given by Mommy
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
For my love song
The autumns roll by
a young lady
takes the child's place
Pig tailed freckled face
And she's a workin'
On a'growin'
While the world does change
Her smile stays the same
There is a woman
with a man
her hair is dyed black
But that smile it still came back
After the curtain
She leaves a little box
A tiny dancer spins
Music plays from within
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
For my love song
A little girl sits
And she's laughin’
She looks just like her
With her golden curls
The smile's there
It's not the same smile
Where'd my girl run to
Will she be back soon?
I see her now
Smiling
Come on back
To me
Hum her little song
Where did she go?
Where did she go?
Where did she go?
Don't leave, Don't leave
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
Turn back the clock
For my love song