Are you going out mama
You washed and combed your hair
Are you going out dancing
I like the red shoes that you wear

Everybody needs to live a little sometime, you say it with a smile that never reaches your eyes

You never liked the clock
Tick tock tick tock
If only youth would last but time goes by to fast

Are you coming home mama
It's getting kind of late
I watched tv after supper and I'm laying in my bed

Everybody needs someone to hold them sometimes and tell them that it's gonna be alright
I hear a baby crying and someone yelling outside
Funny how anything can scare you at night

I lie and watch the clock
Tick tock tick tock
Here in the pale moonlight time goes slowly by
Time goes slowly by
I sit and watch the clock
Tick tock tick tock
You say the time just flies but mine goes slowly by