i awoke
at 4:23
A.M.
and that clock spoke
to me
damn,
4:23

5:23
6:23
7:23
8:23
9:23
10:23
A.M.
damn

i wanted to sleep in
but my day did begin
at 4:23
A.M.
damn

a digital clock
tick tock
tick tock
tick tock
damn
that clock

i tossed & i tumbled
my belly rumbled
and i stumbled
into today
as i watched time pass away
damn
4:23
A.M.

minute by minute
hour by hour
i felt time sour
i saw time's power
as i lay in my bed
lost in my head
i watched time shed
whenever
whatever
wherever
i was led

4:23
5:23
6:23
7:23
8:23
9:23
10:23

11:23
damn that clock
tick tock
tick tock
tick tock

a whiporwill
whipped a will away
on this gray day
i heard it play
i heard it say
i heard it whiporwill
into today

damn
that digital clock

in letters bright red
that damn clock
read
where time was said
there in my bed
tick tock
tick tock
tick tock

damn
that digital clock

12:05
P.M.
and i am
still alive
least it ain't a "3's"
i still be's

tick tock
tick tock
tick tock
damn
that digital clock