The job we have bores us\Our breaks are too few\We work
like we're programmed\We're like zombies on glue\It's tedious, it's mindless\I could tell you again\But I look at the clock\It's a quarter to ten...
(chorus)
Time to get cynical\Time to get rude\Homophobic and sexist
And racist and crude\But chin up buddy\Remember the dough\
We've been here for two hours
Just six more to go...
They pay us good money\You'd have to agree\And our teeth can go rotten\'Cuz our dental
work's free\And we get paid vacations\Well HECK! Thanks a ton\But I look at the clock\
It's a quarter to one...
(chorus)...here for five hours
Just three more to go
We wonder in secret\Would it be a crime\If we had our ess- entials\To work for half time\Have tea, smell the flo-
wers\Go for long walks - they're free\But our coffee-
break's over\It's a quarter past three...
Mustn't be cynical\Mustn't be mean\Smile for the foreman and hold onto your spleen\But
chin up buddy\Remember the dough\Thirty-Two hours 'til Friday\Thirty-five years to go\And then we can be cynical all of the time
