Beat the Clock (Single Version)

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, Mom, I 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)

In school when I was two
(You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

Ph.D. by afternoon
(You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

Never entered any sports
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 been everyone but this
Now I'm even made off this
No time for relationships
Skip the four-day lettering
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, life is not so shrapnel-y
(You gotta beat the clock, you gotta beat the clock)

Parts of me unravel-y
(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 too
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 been everyone but this
Now I'm even made off this
No time for relationships
Skip the four-day lettering
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