Knocking off early, kicking off late

Knocking off early, kicking off late

Man’s work kind of girly, standing at the pearly gates

Its not as if I’m nearly laying in state

But knocking off early, kicking off late

Just a drop of your liquor will keep me up to date

With the loving times of late

I’ve missed it in the newspapers

Reading about the muse

Who’s always accused of starting a spate

She’s been killing her lovers

With bows and arrows

Letting fly near the fire

They’ve been falling from the sky

Dropping like flies

Like Icarus they couldn’t get any higher

Oh just give me a drop of your sweet honey nectar

Just enough for a bee

Don’t worry my flower, I ain’t gonna sting yer

Least not anyway now

Oh knocking off early and kicking off late

Clocking in the tower out of date

Its way past the hour, I should have lost this power

But Cinderella she is dancing so great

The workers in the road

Are lifting man covers

They are pulling up lovers

From the drains

They’re shifting the stones

And covering old bones

Of contention and of hate

Well they’re burying the hatchet

And letting the hammer fall

They’re keeping me awake with the drilling in the wall

But you have to watch it

In case they make a mistake

And Open up the gate

Knocking off early, and kicking off late

I’m trying to find the pearly gate

Seeing its nearly time to make the call

To St Peter before its too late