"Clock on the Wall" is a song written by Randy Bachman and performed by The Guess Who. It reached #16 in Canada in 1966. The song was released in the United States as a single, but it did not chart. It was featured on their 1966 album, It's Time. br br br The clock on the wall says twelve noon br Guess I'd better get up soon br The clock on the wall says twenty-to-one br And there's things to be done br br Yeah, the clock on the wall keeps pushin' me br That's not the way I want my life to be br If you take any pushin' from that clock on the wall br You won't be happy at all br br The clock on the wall says a quarter-to-three br I got people to see br Meet my friend Clive, start drinkin' by five br End up wishin' I weren't alive br br I look at the clock, it says twenty-to-nine br I gotta meet my girl on time br She puts me down and then, by twenty-to-ten br I'm out drinkin' again br br Yeah, the clock on the wall keeps pushin' me br That's not the way I want my life to be br If you take any pushin' from that clock on the wall br You won't be happy at all br br The clock on the wall strikes the midnight hour br I'm feelin' dirty and sour br I feel the clock pushin' like the blade of a knife br I wanna end my life br br But it ain't no use, I'm used to this abuse br This is my moment of truth br Life is empty, my friends are all gone br But like the clock on the wall, I'll go on and on and on br br The clock on the wall keeps pushin' me br That's not the way I want my life to be br If you take any pushin' from that clock on the wall br You won't be happy at all br br It's watchin' me every day, the hours and minutes tick away br I'm not gettin' any younger, it keeps on and on and on br I can't stand it, it never stops for anything br The clock just keeps moving, ticking br My life is going, the clock is moving.