The sun is hot and that ol' clock is movin' slow and so am I

Workday passes like molasses in wintertime but it's July

Gettin' paid by the hour, older by the minute

My boss just pushed me over the limit

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



And pour me somethin' 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



This lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night

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

I ain't had a day off now in over a year

My Jamaican vacation is gonna start right here

If the phone's for me you can tell 'em I've just sailed away



And pour me somethin' 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 tip

Pour myself in a cab and be back to work before 2

At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder

What would Jimmy Buffett do?



I say, pour me somethin' tall and strong

Make it a hurricane before I go insane

It's only half past twelve, but I don't care



Pour me somethin' 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