Written by: Jim Brown, Don Rollins
# Debut Chart
1 Jun '03 Country
17 Jun '03 Hot 100

The sun is hot and that
Old clock is moving slow
And so am I

Work day passes like
Molasses in wintertime
But it's July

I'm getting paid by the hour
And older by the minute
My boss just pushed me
Over the limit

I'd like to call him something
I think I'll just call it a day

Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve
But I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere

Oh, this lunch break is
Gonna take all afternoon
And half the night

Tomorrow morning
I know there'll be hell to pay
Hey, but that's all right

I ain't had a day off now
In over a year
Our Jamaican vacation's
Gonna start right here

Hit the phones for me
You can tell em I just sailed away

And pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve
But I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere

I could pay off my tab
Pour myself in a cab
And be back to work before two

At a moment like this
I can't help but wonder
What would Jimmy Buffett do

Funny you should ask, Alan

I'd say pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve
But I don't care

Pour me something tall and strong
Make it a Hurricane before I go insane
It's only half past twelve
But I don't care
He don't care and I don't care
It's five o'clock somewhere

What time zone am I on
What country am I in
It doesn't matter
It's five o'clock somewhere

It's always on five in Margaritaville
Come to think of it
Yeah, I heard that

You been there, haven't you
Yes, sir
I seen your boat there
I've been to Margaritaville a few times
All right, well, that's good

Stumbled all the way back
Okay, I just wanna make sure
You can keep it between
The navigational beacons
Between the buoys, I got it

All right, well, it's five o'clock
Let's go somewhere
I'm ready, crank it up
Let's get out of here
I'm gone

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