And 'Tick-Tock Sick' tells us that he was already feeling the crunch just six years into his career. Jim Henson accomplished an amazing amount in his life, but given the large number of files on unrealized projects that are in the archives, he clearly didn't have enough time to do all that he wanted to do. The theme of the song, the relentlessness of time, was later explored by Jim in his 1964 short film, TimePiece, and touched on again with the thirteen hour clock in Labyrinth. It is not clear that 'Tick-Tock Sick' was used for anything in particular, but it sounds like it may have accompanied puppet performances on Sam and Friends or a variety show. At the time Jim made the recording, he was living in Washington, DC and performing Sam and Friends on local television as well as making appearances on variety shows and making commercials for various products. The main song was called 'Tick-Tock Sick" and the flip side had a song called 'The Countryside'.īoth were written by Jim, and we have his typed lyrics for 'Tick-Tock Sick' in the archives. The 45RPM record was recorded under the Signature label ('A product of Hanover-Signature Record Corp.'). No alarm clock disturbs any sleep of mine.Īll rejuvinated and I use the sun dial to tell the time.Īlso, here's a little info about the song from a "Sam and Friends" fan site as written in an e-mail from Karen Falk, Archivist for The Jim Henson Company. Grind the wrist watch into the floor boards, Into the garbage can with the stop watch! Tick Tock Polka lyrics performed by Frankie Yankovic: Tick, tick, tick tock Goes the clock on the wall As were. Out the window with this object of the devil! This song is spectacular But, once again the story is very simple It talks about one date in which Bono was late, and his date left a note saying 11 oclock. With the wicked interjection of the gadget's scrambled version That I’m gonna forget of you in three, two, one, zero. Of saying it once and once again I got tired. That confounded my affection for the sound of pleasant ticking So long, tock-tock-tick-tock-tick (Wuh, wuh, ah) I will remind you. Of the evil-minded genius who invented the contraption Not a shadow of suspicion of the underhanded scheming Only listenin' to the syncopated moments of the calculated Never suspectin' of the end that was comin' In the wee small hours I fell in the sack to the lullaby of the. With the ticks and the tocks and the rhythm that rocks. Chorus Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick Tick, Tick, Tock, Tock My day go round on your Wrist, wrist, watch, watch I need to get all your Attention, your love I need to take up your Attention, your clock. I dont need no other Im satisfied Doing it on my own Only takes one lover To change your vibe Aint that the way it go I dont need nobody put you on. Clean Bandit - Tick Tock (Letra e msica para ouvir) - (Tick-tock, tick-tock / (Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock / (Tick-tock, tick-tock / I dont need no. Went to the store where they sell the clocks That clock's got rhythm with a beat that swings. I put a question mark next to the line that I'm not 100% sure about.
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