Tick tock that's the sound

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock,

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock,



That's the inevitable sound

This abruptly summons

You back to the ground

As you seek to find

Something inside yourself

Apparently out of reach



It's the midst of a sunny afternoon

Off to work, soon you shall be

To the same place of dread

Because you need to earn the bread



But you won't be like the others

And simply turn to stone

One day, you are going

To make it in your own



Co-workers are there,

It seems year after year

Settling like one of them

Is what you most fear



Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock,

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock,



That's the inevitable sound

This summons you

Back to the ground



Peer through the window

And observe all the life passing by

Wish you were her?

Or, do you long to be him?

Because they don't haft to work today

Must be so nice



The dream is to really make is someday

Then look back and say

Laboring nine to five

Barely kept me alive

I didn't turn to stone

Finally, I made it on my own



Bosses seem to think they can control you

Yet, they have no clue

It is to me I will remain true

And eventually find what I seek

Even though the present,

Appears to be bleak



Out there somewhere

Lies my special place

In the scheme of life

Utilize your artistic temperaments

And then turn that key

Setting the chains of nine to five free



Somewhere out there, a sanctuary waits

Until then,



Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock,

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

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