Listen to the song of the metronome
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
Simple little song of the metronome
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
Listen to it telling you that life is sublime
|
Life is sublime if you just take your time
|
Just keep in time to the song of the metronome
|
|
Listen to it tick-tock an even beat
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
Beating out a warning to anxious feet
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
Telling you a turtle had a race with a hare
|
And at the finish the turtle was there
|
Keeping in time with the song of the metronome
|
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
You may be passed
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
But you will last
|
|
Better to be late than to not arrive
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
Four o'clock is gone but you still have five
|
Tick - tock, tick - tock
|
When your day is over you'll be up on the shelf
|
So, brother, don't run away with yourself
|
Don't run away from the song of the metronome
|
|
-----------------
|
The Song Of The Metronome
|
| Irving Berlin |
