Lyrics to
11:59

This version of 11:59 was released by Blondie in 1978.

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Leaning in your corner like a candidate for wax
Sidewalk social scientist don’t get no satisfaction from your cigarette
It’s ten to ten and time is running out
Lock up all your memories, get outa here, you know that we can run
Today can last another million years
Today could be the end of me
It’s 11:59, and I want to stay alive

Pumping like a fugitive in cover from the night
Take it down the freeway like a bullet to the ocean
Wait until the morning, take tomorrow by the hand
Take it down the highway like a rocket to the ocean, we can run

Today can last another million years
Today could be the end of me
It’s 11:59, and I want to stay alive

Hanging on a frequency and burning like a fire
Boy you’ve got the motion down, it’s getting late, I’m tired and I’ve lost control
Don’t leave me here, time is running out
Take me down the highway like a rocket to the ocean, we can run

Today can last another million years
Today could be the end of me
It’s 11:59, and I want to stay alive

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About Lyrics and 11:59 by Blondie

The lyrics to 11:59 are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Blondie in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to 11:59 are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Blondie and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for 11:59 back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to 11:59 by Blondie in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to 11:59" means the words set to the music of 11:59, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Blondie. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to 11:59 and the lyrics to 11:59 are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Blondie who came here looking just for the lyrics to 11:59, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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