Tick-Tock by Chris Rice
Got our heels dug in,
time is draggin’ us towards
the time when time won’t
matter anymore.
They say life is but a vapor,
just a blip on the radar screen,
not the dates on your tombstone
but the dash in between.
There’s just today,
that’s all we’ve got.
There’s just today,
that’s all we’ve got.
Tick-tock,
the past is locked,
the future’s far away.
We can’t go back,
can’t hurry it up,
gotta learn to live today.
Tick-tock,
it’s now o’clock,
the little hand is ours.
The second hand sweeps us around
and the big hand has the power.
The big hand has the power.
Am I livin’, am I dyin’?
Will the world get another day?
I hear a baby cryin’
And I dig out another grave.
I’m always talkin’ ’bout a change,
but talkin’s all I’ve done.
I’m gonna start tomorrow,
but tomorrow never comes.
There’s just today,
that’s all we’ve got.
There’s just today,
that’s all we’ve got.
Tick-tock,
the past is locked,
the future’s far away.
We can’t go back,
can’t hurry it up,
gotta learn to live today.
Tick-tock,
it’s now o’clock,
the little hand is ours.
The second hand sweeps us around
and the big hand has the power.
The big hand has the power.
Always runnin’ late,
don’t procrastinate
and leave it in a hurry,
life is rollin’ on.
Gimme just a second,
wait another minute,
sleep another hour,
see another day dawn.
I’ll call ya next week,
see you in a month,
celebrate a season,
now another year’s gone.
Well there goes a decade,
a century,
millenium,
and here comes eternity,
eternity.
Here comes eternity,
eternity,
what’s up with eternity?
Tick-tock,
the past is locked,
the future’s far away.
We can’t go back,
can’t hurry it up,
gotta learn to live today.
Tick-tock,
it’s now o’clock,
the little hand is ours.
The second hand sweeps us around
and the big hand has the power.
The big hand has the power.
Tick-tock,
the past is locked,
the future’s far away.
We can’t go back,
can’t hurry it up,
gotta learn to live today.
Tick-tock,
it’s now o’clock,
the little hand is ours.
The second hand sweeps us around
and the big hand has the power.
The big hand has the power.
Just a little something to think about…