“The Clock Says Go” – Punching Out
Clock in, turn off the fluorescent lights, and head straight into the weekend. A mid-tempo post-punk dance rock groove driven by working-class grit, dub basslines, and punchy 1980s alternative production.
Listen, turn it up, and leave the paperwork behind.
LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
Clock says four-fifty-two
Jacket’s on the back of my chair
Keyboard goes dark in eight minutes
And I don’t care, I don’t care
Boss walks by with a folder
I’m looking straight through the wall
Got my keys in my pocket already
Hear the weekend call
[Pre-Chorus]
Monday through Thursday was a movie I forgot
But Friday — Friday’s the one I got
[Chorus]
Let’s go (let’s go)
The city’s waking up for us tonight
Let’s go (let’s go)
Leave the paperwork where the fluorescent light
Can’t reach — can’t reach
We’re punching out and burning clean
Let’s go
[Verse 2]
Train platform, shoulder to shoulder
Everyone wearing the same half-grin
Stranger nods like we share a secret
Yeah, we’re all cashing in
Someone’s got a radio playing
Bassline through the underground
We’re moving like one animal breathing
Homeward bound, homeward bound
[Pre-Chorus]
Spent five days in a chair with no window view
Now the night owes me — owes me something true
[Chorus]
Let’s go (let’s go)
The city’s waking up for us tonight
Let’s go (let’s go)
Leave the paperwork where the fluorescent light
Can’t reach — can’t reach
We’re punching out and burning clean
Let’s go
[Bridge]
Friday comes like a pardon
Like a door swinging wide
All week we played the machine
Now the machine steps aside
[Build]
Seven o’clock — streets are humming
Eight o’clock — bass kicks in
Nine o’clock — who knows where we’re going
But we’re going — we’re going
[Chorus]
Let’s go (let’s go)
The city’s waking up for us tonight
Let’s go (let’s go)
Leave the paperwork where the fluorescent light
Can’t reach — can’t reach
We’re punching out and burning clean
Let’s go
[Outro]
(Friday, Friday, yeah)
(We’re out — we’re out — we’re out)
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