The Sun is hot and that old clock Is movin' slow, and so am I Work day passes like molasses In wintertime, but it's July I'm gettin' paid by the hour An older by the minute My boss just pushed me over the limit I'd like to call him somethin' I think I'll just call it a day 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 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 them I 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 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 Buffet do? Funny you should ask, Alan, I'd 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, I don't care It's five o'clock somewhere What time zone am 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, that's good Stumbled all the way back OK, just wanna make sure you can keep it Between the navigational beacons Bring the booze, I tell you 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