Beat The Clock

Album: No. 1 in Heaven (1979)
Charted: 10
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  • (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    Well, I was born a little premature
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    Mom just couldn't take no more
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    Had no time to learn to cry
    Goodbye mama, got to fly
    Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    Entered school when I was two
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    Phd'd that afternoon
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    Never entered any sports
    I didn't look too good in shorts
    Got divorced when I was four
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    Well, I've seen everything there is
    I've done everything there is
    I've met everyone but Liz
    Now I've even met old Liz

    No time for relationship
    Skip the foreplay, let 'er rip
    You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock
    You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock

    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    Well, I did lots of traveling
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    Parts of me unraveling
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    The army then rejected me
    Said I had two flat feet
    Wore them out when I was three
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    Too bad there ain't ten of you
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    Then I'd show you what I'd do
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    I could cheat on five of you
    And be faithful to you two
    But there's only one of you
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

    Well, I've seen everything there is
    I've done everything there is
    I've met everyone but Liz
    Now I've even met old Liz

    No time for relationship
    Skip the foreplay, let 'er rip
    You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock
    You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock

    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    (You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)
    You gotta beat the clock Writer/s: Ronald D Mael, Russell Craig Mael
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sentric Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
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