On My Own Time

Intro

Tick tock somewhere

Tick tock nowhere

Tick tock hey there

Verse 1

Rolex on my wrist says I'm late again

Seiko on the wall says the same my friend

Timex in the kitchen just likes to disagree

Three of them in chorus lying back to me

Pre-Chorus

Hands go round and round for sport

Every ring a little report

But who decided noon is noon

Some old guy with a silver spoon

Chorus

Clocks are just tall tales with a face

Round and shiny full of misplaced grace

They tell me hurry they tell me wait

But time just does whatever it wants with my fate

Post-Chorus

Tick tock

(Tick tock)

Tick tock

(Tick tock)

Verse 2

Alarm clock screamed at seven forty-three

I hit the snooze and it ignored me

Grandfather in the hallway brags about his chime

He's been wrong about the hour most of the time

Pre-Chorus

Every battery's a little lie

Every pendulum a practiced sigh

Who gave them all authority

Over my sweet humanity

Chorus

Clocks are just tall tales with a face

Round and shiny full of misplaced grace

They tell me hurry they tell me wait

But time just does whatever it wants with my fate

Post-Chorus

Tick tock

(Tick tock)

Tick tock

(Tick tock)

Bridge

Maybe I should smash the glass

Let the springs and gears all pass

Let the minutes scatter out

What's a deadline all about

Chorus

Clocks are just tall tales with a face

Round and shiny full of misplaced grace

They tell me hurry they tell me wait

But time just does whatever it wants with my fate

Post-Chorus

Tick tock

(Tick tock)

Tick tock

Yeah I'm on my own time now