The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow, and so am I Work day passes like molasses in winter time, like it's July I'm getting paid by the hour, 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 ♪ This lunch break is gonna take all afternoon and half the night Tomorrow morning, I know there'll be hell to pay, 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 If the phone's for me you can tell 'em I just sailed away, yeah 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, put myself in a cab And be back at work before two At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder What would Jimmy Buffett do? He'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 And we don't care It's five o'clock somewhere It's five o'clock somewhere It's five o'clock somewhere It's five o'clock somewhere