Lyric

Tick-tick, I walk in light

Through the Hall of Clocks tonight

Little brass shoes on the floor

I know that grin, I know the score

Zip-zap, skirt go swing

Every hand just starts to sing

Rabbit tail, quick little tap

I’m the spark in the velvet trap

Hold that pose, don’t blink

Hear the gears go click and clink

One more step, now spin

Let the whole old room come in

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Oh, what a shock

I’m the tick-tock queen

With a jive so mean

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Bop-bop-bop-bop

When the minute turns

Every watch face burns

Saxophone says, “come here,”

Trumpet lifts the chandelier

Clarinet in a silver run

Laughing like a loaded gun

Piano pecks, bass stays low

Drums go click, then let it go

I hop that line, I split that air

Leave my little footprints there

Hold that pose, don’t blink

Hear the gears go click and clink

One more step, now spin

Let the whole old room come in

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Oh, what a shock

I’m the tick-tock queen

With a jive so mean

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Bop-bop-bop-bop

When the minute turns

Every watch face burns

One, two—freeze!

Then I slide through the keys

My pocket watch gleams

And the old room leans

Brrr-dup, ba-da-bah

I’m the laugh, I’m the ha-ha

If you want that spark

Meet me where it starts

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Oh, what a shock

I’m the tick-tock queen

With a jive so mean

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Bop-bop-bop-bop

When the minute turns

Every watch face burns

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Backbeat in the Hall of Clocks

Oh, what a shock

Tick-tick, come alive

Let the whole room jive