Lyrics: Marybeth T. Acac
Music: Marybeth T. Acac
Nine to five
Eight to four
Seems like everybody’s rushing through these doors
Trying to breathe
Trying to keep
Just a little sense of sanity
Nobody wants to wrong
Nobody wants to be made a fool
Nobody wants to be blamed
Everybody everybody oh
Everybody feels pain
And
Everybody goes to sleep and wakes
Just wishing for a day to catch a break
From all of these clocks and watches
Telling us when and where and how and why
We’ve got to earn a way to live our lives
While everybody faces battles
Everybody’s fighting wars
It doesn’t always show
But you never know
You never know
Four to eight
Five to nine
Everybody’s just trying to get by
Trying to breathe
Trying to sleep
Staring up at the ceiling thinking and worrying
Nobody wants to wrong
Nobody wants to be made a fool
Nobody wants to be blamed
Everybody everybody oh
Everybody feels pain
And
Everybody goes to sleep and wakes
Just wishing for a day to catch a break
From all of these clocks and watches
Telling us when and where and how and why
We’ve got to earn a way to live our lives
While everybody faces battles
Everybody’s fighting wars
It doesn’t always show
But you never know
You never know
Everyday is so demanding
Every minute is always planned with
Obligations, chores, and errands
For everyone
Everyone
Everybody loves somebody
Who is somebody to someone
Fathers and mothers
Sisters and brothers
We all are one
We all are one
Oh, can we remember that
Everybody goes to sleep and wakes
Just wishing for a day to catch a break
From all of these clocks and watches
Telling us when and where and how and why
We’ve got to earn a way to live our lives
While everybody faces battles
Everybody’s fighting wars
It doesn’t always show
But you never know
It doesn’t always show
But you never know
You never know
You never know
You never know
Oh oh
Oh oh
Oh oh