[Verse]
             
The sun is hot

             
, and that old

              
 clock is movi

     
ng slow. 

And so am I
             
The work day p

             
asses slower t

              
han molasses i

  
n wintertime

But it’s July
             
I’m getting pa

              
id by the hour

     
 and older by 

the minute
             
The boss just 

          
pushed me over

 the limit
             
I’d like to ca

       
ll him somethi

ng
             
I think I’ll j

             
ust call it a 

 
day

[Chorus] (x2)
             
Pour me someth

              
ing tall and s

             
trong. Make it

             
 a hurricane b

efore I go ins

ane
             
It’s only half

              
 past twelve  

            
 But I don’t c

                
are
             
It’s five o’cl

              
ock somewhere
             
This lunch bre

             
ak is going to

          
 take all afte

rnoon

And half the n

ight
             
Tomorrow morni

             
ng I know ther

        
e’ll be hell t

o pay 

Hey but that’s

 all right
             
I haven’t had 

              
a day off now 


in over a year
             
My Jamaican va

             
cation starts 

    
right here

If the phones 

for me 
             
You can tell t

              
hem I just sai

    
led away

[Bridge]
             
I could pay up

             
 my tab. Pour 

              
myself in a ca

             
b and be back 

              
to work before

 
 two.
             
At a moment li

         
ke this, I can

’t help but wo

nder
             
What would Jim

           
my Buffet do. 

  (I think he'

d say....)

[Chorus]
             
Pour me someth

              
ing tall and s

             
trong. Make it

             
 a hurricane b

efore I go ins

ane
             
It’s only half

              
 past twelve  

            
 But I don’t c

                
are
             
It’s five o’cl

              
ock somewhere
             
This lunch bre

             
ak is going to

          
 take all afte

rnoon

And half the n

ight
             
Tomorrow morni

             
ng I know ther

        
e’ll be hell t

o pay 

Hey but that’s

 all right
             
I haven’t had 

              
a day off now 


in over a year
             
My Jamaican va

             
cation starts 

    
right here

If the phones 

for me 
             
You can tell t

              
hem I just sai

    
led away