got our heels dug in but time is draggin us toward the time when time won t matter anymore they say life is but a vapor just a blip on a radar screen not the dates on your tombstone but the dash in between there s just today that s all we got there s just today that s all we got tick tock the past is locked the future s far away you can t go back you can t hurry it up you gotta learn to live today tick tock it s now o clock the little hand is ours the second hand sweeps us around and the big hand has the power the big hand has the power well am i livin or am i dyin will the world get another day i hear a baby cryin and i pluck out another gray i m always talkin about a change but talkin s all i ve done i m gonna start tomorrow but tomorrow never comes there s just today that s all we got there s just today that s all we got tick tock the past is locked the future s far away you can t go back you can t hurry it up you gotta learn to live today tick tock it s now o clock the little hand is ours the second hand sweeps us around and the big hand has the power the big hand has the power always runnin late don t procrastinate leavin in a hurry life is rollin on give me just a second wait another minute sleep another hour see another day dawn call you next week see you in a month celebrate a season now another year s gone well there goes a decade a century millenium and here comes eternity eternity eternity here comes eternity eternity what s up with eternity tick tock the past is locked the future s far away you can t go back you can t hurry it up you gotta learn to live today tick tock it s now o clock the little hand is ours the second hand sweeps us around and the big hand has the power the big hand has the power