Like Clockwork - The Boomtown Rats

I’m not disconnected

I’m not unaware

I’m in one place at one time

I’m neither here nor there

I’m hooked to the mainstream

Tuned into the world

Plugged into my surroundings

I’m not out on a limb

I’m thinking in a straight line

I’m thinking that these thoughts are mine

My heart is beating oh so fast

I feel the hours crashing

Because my mind keeps time like clockwork

And I think in sync like clockwork

She’s done away with emotion

She sees things clearly now

She says she sees it all from her room

And it looks so small from her room

It’s all right, it’s all right

I’m on your side… for a while

She thinks time is a concept by which we measure our pain

(She'll say it again)

She wants to say it again, but she don’t have time

And now her heart beats time like clockwork

And she thinks in sync like clockwork

Count the hours, count the months and minutes

You’re born in tears and die in pain and that’s your limit

You’re lookin' for a reason but there’s none

There, why don’t you admit it

We’ll make the most of what we’ve got, that’s the tickit

My, my, my

I stayed in that room a long, long time

And watched the seasons gliding past

And hey… what's the matter?

We’ve got time, lots of time

It’s alright, it’s alright

I’m on your side for a while

We’ll wind up

We’ll slow down

We’ll speed up or slow down and we’ll maybe overwind…

But now or minds, etc