From the recordings Through the Caribbean & South-Pacific, 4-Album BOX-SET of 'CRUISE COVERS', 5-Album Collection: C.B. COMPLETE, and It's 5 O'clock somewhere
(Originally by 'Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett').
All Vocals & Instrumentation is by Charles ('Charlie') Belhumeur ('C.B.') performing as 'Chuck Brown: One-man Band' SOLO act. VOCALS plus GUITARS (lead, rhythm, slide, acoustic & electric) are recorded LIVE, together with C.B.'s self-produced instrumental 'backing track'. All MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) programming (drums/percussion, bass, keyboards, horns/brass, woodwinds, strings, synthesizers, etc), song arrangement, audio engineering, recording, editing, mixing & production is by C.B.
Lyrics
The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow
An' so am I
Work day passes like molasses in wintertime
Yeah, but it's July
I'm gettin' paid by the hour, an' older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call him somethin'
I think I'll just call it a day
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
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This lunch break is gonna take all afternoon
An' half the night
Tomorrow mornin', I know there'll be hell to pay
Yeah, but that's all right
I ain't had a day off now in over a year
Our Jamaican vacation's gonna start right here
If the phones for me
Can tell 'em I just sailed away
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere
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Well I could pay off my tab, pour myself in a cab
An' be back to work before two
At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder
What would Jimmy Buffet do?
Funny you should ask, 'cause he'd say
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
Pour me somethin' tall an' strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half-past twelve but I don't care
I just don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere