C
Been tryin' for all my life
But I can't add up your subtraction
C
Work, eat, play, then go to sleep
It won't give me no satisfaction
F
Gotta find a way out, yeah
A way out of this mess
C
So sick of tryin' to make my time last
And ending up with less
C
Know your way of doing things
And it lost it's attraction
C
Myself at 24
And I can add a hundred fractions
F
Who'd knew I'd be the one
Pulling off the perfect crime
C
So here's my new line
I'll change your mind and the metric system of time
C
Caused trouble all over town
And it's bout to start a reaction
C
Metric time will come around
It's gonna overtake your contraction
F
I'll find a way out, yeah
A way out of this stress
C
I made my time last
And it's total success
C
Got my way of doing things
And it's bound to gain your attraction
C
Hundred hours of my supply
Is gonna give us all satisfaction
F
No doubt I'll be the one
Pulling off the perfect crime
C
So here's my new line
I'll change my mind and the metric system of time