Jason Mraz
Clockwatching lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2005
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:24
Take off both your shoes and clothes; I'll follow
Undo corkscrew
Drink from the half of a broken bottle
Lately, we're running out of time, aren't we?
Smoking often and calling out our guilty pleasures
Let's keep talking; anything to stop clockwatching
Lately, we're running out of time, aren't we?
Crazy for running all the time?
M-n-m-m-maybe
Let's forget we're running out of time
I'm off like an aeroplane
I'm licking your postage stamp again
I'm using my right brain
And I'm praying that we don't crash
Who knew I'd come so fast?
Well, so what if a two-pump chump can't last?
But I made it to three
And I foreclosed a five-minute fantasy
On a short-lived flight, making love on economy
No jumping conclusions
I don't think there's no solution
Let's get backwards
And forget our restless destination
Let's live in the moment just this time
Could we just take one moment of our time?
M-n-m-m-maybe
Let's forget we're running out of time
I'm off like an aeroplane
I'm catching my second wind again
I'm using my left brain
And I'm righting all my wrongs
I'm yearning to turn you on
I've been working on getting you off
So get on board now
Well, how can I guess by the subject
Of the best predicate that's left unsaid?
When the matter is too delicate, my loneliness is evident
And it's you
You're running through my mind
And it makes me crazy, cra-cra-crazy
La-la-la
Da-da-la-la-la
La-la-la (Ooh, it's so amazing)
Da-da-da-da-da
Da-da-da-la-la
La-ah-ah-oh
Lo-lo-lo-lo-lo
Lady, dreamer
You might be the soundest sleeper
Tonight, sleep tight
And build your nest upon my shoulder
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Key vocabulary
- follow
- go afterA1
- i'll
- I will (future)A2
- take
- hold or carryA1
- corkscrew
- tool for removing corkB2
- crash
- sudden accidentB2
- evident
- clearly shown, obviousB2
- fantasy
- imagined storyB2
- i'd
- I would (I’d)B2
- backwards
- in reverse directionB1
- conclusions
- final resultsB1
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About this song
Jason Mraz is an American singer-songwriter known for melodic pop and acoustic folk, with early roots in Virginia busking and a career built around radio-ready singles. He is especially associated with charting hits such as “The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)” and later work spanning polished albums and stage appearances, including Broadway’s Waitress.