Standard (EADGBE)

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

I'm not disconnected

I'm not unaware

I'm in one place at one time

 I'm neither here nor there

 I'm hooked to the mainstream

Tuned into the world

 Plugged into my surroundings

not out on a limb

 I'm thinking in a straight line

I'm thinking that these thoughts are mine

 My heart is beating oh so fast

I feel the hours crashing

 And my mind beats time like clockwork

 And I think in sync like clockwork

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

She's done away with emotion

 She sees things clearly now

 She says she sees it all from her room

 And it looks so small from her room

 It's all right, it's all right

 I'm on your side...for a while

 She thinks time is the concept by which we measure our age

 She wants to say it again, but she don't have time

 Because her mind beats time like clockwork

 And she thinks in sync like clockwork

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

Count the hours, count the months and minutes

 You're born in tears and you die in pain and that's your limit

 You're lookin' for so many reasons but there's none

 there, why don't you admit it

 We make the most of what we've got, that's the ticket

 My, my, my

 I stayed in that room a long, long time

 And watched the seasons gliding by

And hey...what's the matter?

We've got time, lots of time

It's alright, it's alright

I'm on your side for a while

We'll wind up

We'll slow down

We'll speed up, move around, or we'll maybe overwind..

 Because our minds beats time like clockwork

 And now we think in sync like clockwork ooh ooh ooh

 And our minds beats time like clockwork

 And we think in sync like clockwork

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock, tick tock

Mick 2009