Standard (EADGBE)
Chorus
Four Minutes left to Go, is this the end, then
Message on your stereo, Four minute warning
Everybody wants to know what should we do
The official story's a four minute warning
Verse 1
Sasha stands in his yellow cafe
yes the heart of the city is here so he tells me
Sitting on his red leather sofa he's rolling another
Man I'll see you when I see you
Verse 2
Holly is set to be the next big thing
In her high heeled boots and her two inch earrings
Heart of glass Blondie sings in her ear
You're a rock queen honey and we all hear you!
Chourus
Three minutes left to go is this the end then
message on your stereo four minute warning
Everybody wants to know what should we do
The official story's a four minute warning
Intro
Verse 3
Lucy had a hard time with love
But love recently chose the right tome for Lucy
Loving when you know it's the final time
She now holds time in her own mind
Verse 4
Yea Jimmy's is the local for Michael
A Guiness in one hand in the other a fable able
I once asked are you a lonely man
His reply was non-commital "I am what I am"
Chourus
Two minutes left to go is this the end then
Message on your stereo four minute warning
Everybody wants to know what should we do
The official story's a four minute warning
Bridge
Cry laugh Feel love, These high moments,
And these are your four minutes.
( Counting down, four minutes, it's a sound )
Break
Verse 5
The final story is one of me
who with four minutes left has used up three
I think of you I think of me
Then I think of nothing it's the end you see Yeah!
Chorus
One minute left to go is this the end then
Message on your stereo four minute warning
Everybody wants to know what should we do
The official story's a four minute warning
30 seconds left to go is this the end then
Message on your stereo four minute warning
Every body wants to know what should we do
What would you do? what would you do?
With a four minute warning a four minute warning
I'm fading away I'm fading away if anybody wants to know