The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow and so am I
Workday passes like molasses in wintertime but it's July
I'm getting paid by the hour and older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call him something
I think I'll just call it a day
Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past 12 but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
Well this lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night
Tomorrow mornin' I know there'll be hell to pay but baby that's alright
Ain't had a day off now in over a year
My Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here
If the phone's for me you can tell 'em I've just sailed away
And pour me something tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past 12 but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
I could pay off my tab
pour myself in a cab
and be back to work before 2
At a moment like this
I can't help but wonder
What would Jimmy Buffett do?
(Funny you should ask, Alan)
I'd say pour me something tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past 12 but I don't care
Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past 12 but I don't care, I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
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