Oclock World lyrics

Words and Music by Allen Reynolds

Up every mornin` just to keep a job

I gotta fight my way through the hustling mob

Sounds of the city poundin` in my brain

While another day goes down the drain (yeah, yeah)

But it`s a five o`clock world when the whistle blows

No one owns a piece of my time

And there`s a five o`clock me inside my clothes

Thinkin` that the world looks fine, yeah

(SCAT: oh-de-lay-ee-ee, etc )

Tradin` my time for the pay I get

Livin` on money that I ain`t made yet

I`ve been goin` tryin` to make my way

While I live for the end of the day (yeah, yeah)

Cuz it`s a five o`clock world when the whistle blows

No one owns a piece of my time

There`s a long-haired girl who waits, I know

To ease my troubled mind, yeah

(SCAT: oh-de-lay-ee-ee, etc )

In the shelter of her arms everything`s OK

When she talks then the world goes slippin` away

And I know the reason I can still go on

When every other reason is gone, (yeah, yeah)

In my five o`clock world she waits for me

Nothing else matters at all

Cuz every time my baby smiles at me

I know that`s it`s all worthwhile, yeah

(SCAT: oh-de-lay-ee-ee, etc ) to end
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