Lyrics to
Rock Around The Clock

This version of Rock Around The Clock was released by Sex Pistols in 1979.

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One, two, three o’clock, four o’clock, rock,
Five, six, seven o’clock, eight o’clock, rock,
Nine, ten, eleven o’clock, twelve o’clock, rock,
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight.

Put your glad rags on and join me, hon,
We’ll have some fun when the clock strikes one,
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight,
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock, ’til broad daylight.
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight.

When the clock strikes two, three and four,
If the band slows down we’ll yell for more,
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight,
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock, ’til broad daylight.
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight.

When the chimes ring five, six and seven,
We’ll be right in seventh heaven.
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight,
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock, ’til broad daylight.
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight.

When it’s eight, nine, ten, eleven too,
I’ll be goin’ strong and so will you.
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight,
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock, ’til broad daylight.
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight.

When the clock strikes twelve, we’ll cool off then,
Start a rockin’ round the clock again.
We’re gonna rock around the clock tonight,
We’re gonna rock, rock, rock, ’til broad daylight.
We’re gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight.

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About Lyrics and Rock Around The Clock by Sex Pistols

The lyrics to Rock Around The Clock are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Sex Pistols used when the song was created in 1979. The lyrics to Rock Around The Clock have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Sex Pistols and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Rock Around The Clock by Sex Pistols. 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 Rock Around The Clock" means the words set to the music of Rock Around The Clock, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Sex Pistols. 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 Rock Around The Clock and the lyrics to Rock Around The Clock are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Sex Pistols who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rock Around The Clock, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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