Wednesday (the Eight Hour Song) Lyrics - Singles - Rain

First verse, better not curse 

Good night, sweet dreams, turn out the light 

The eight hour song starts over tonight 

Clock strikes twelve and my dreams are in sight 

Barkin' like dogs who are eager to bite 

Anxiously I drift into sleep 

Haunted by treasures I couldn't keep 

Gets so I'm too lonely to weep 

But somehow it's more shallow than deep 

Down I slide into music divine 

Soothes my soul as it tortures my mind 

Clock wakes me up at an hour to nine 

Can I get to fast forward straight from rewind? 

Just caught the end of the eight hour song 

Don't seem right, but you know it ain't wrong 

All about lost dreams and where they belong 

But it's really not bad for an eight hour song 

Second verse, better yet worse 

Give my all for the company man 

Help him up and give him a hand 

Ain't this aristocracy grand? 

Sell my soul for the company plan 

Yes indeed, it's a wonderful day 

See my future, see it today 

Don't smoke dope, nope, keep it away 

Take my coffee any old day 

Don't look back, keep lookin' ahead 

Better listen to that voice in your head 

Without this song you'd soon end up dead 

'Cause the next one's got so many misled 

Oh my God, it's the eight hour song 

Don't seem right, but you know it ain't wrong 

Keep that rhythm, move it along 

Until you hear that final eight hour song 

Third verse, life sucks 

Flee that jungle, run the fuck home 

Don't look back 'til you're safely alone 

Play that music, pick up the phone 

Now that all your time is your own 

I've been walked on, I've been abused 

But that was then, now I'm just amused 

Don't have time to be singin' the blues 

I can do what I like, I can go where I choose 

The when is now and the where is right here 

No time for doubt, no patience with fear 

Sure wish I had more of these years 

This song's music to my fuckin' ears 

One hour left in the eight hour song 

Don't seem right, but you know it ain't wrong 

Cheer up, cheer up, pass me the bong 

'Cause this is my favorite eight hour song 

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