Lyrics to
Clock Strikes Ten

This version of Clock Strikes Ten was released by Cheap Trick in 1977.

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Clock strikes ten it’s a Saturday night
Got money in my pocket and it feels allright
Not stayin’ home gonna stay out late
Gotta hear some rockin’ music and it feels just great

Clock strikes twelve on a Saturday night
All the creeps are sleepin’ all the cools in sight
All the kings and queens, they’re out tonight
Lookin’ for some action ’til I feel allright

Imagine what we’re doin’ tonight
You really got me goin’ tonight
Imagine what we’re doin’ tonight
I’m crazy for some action tonight

Clock strikes two out all night
All my money’s spent but that’s allright
Not goin’ home gonna stay out late
Get ready for some action want some action tonight

Clock stikes four I want some more
Everybody’s layin’ on the floor
Not goin’ home gonna stay out late
Gotta hear that rockin’ music it feels allright

Gonna get down
Gonna get on down
Gonna get down
Gonna get on down

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About Lyrics and Clock Strikes Ten by Cheap Trick

The lyrics to Clock Strikes Ten are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Cheap Trick in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Clock Strikes Ten are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Cheap Trick and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Clock Strikes Ten back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Clock Strikes Ten by Cheap Trick 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 Clock Strikes Ten" means the words set to the music of Clock Strikes Ten, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Cheap Trick. 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 Clock Strikes Ten and the lyrics to Clock Strikes Ten are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Cheap Trick who came here looking just for the lyrics to Clock Strikes Ten, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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