Nine to Five

Answering phones and dictating letters

Making decisions that affect no one

Stuck in the office from nine until five

Life is so incredibly dull

Working from nine to five

Oh nine to five, nine to five

Working from nine to five

And time goes by

The hours tick away

First seconds

Then minutes

Then hours into days

Each day

Each week

Seems just like any other

All work

No play

It's just another day

He's caught in a mass of computerised trivia

Deciphering data for mechanical minds

He's lost in the paperwork and up to his eyes

He's checking a list that's been checked out before

And he's starting to lose his mind

Oh nine to five, nine to five

Working from nine to five

Oh nine to five, nine to five

Working from nine to...