Intro
Check your watch, baby (check it)
Ain’t no time to sit down (no, no)
The band already moving (moving)
And the groove going ’round (round and round)
Verse 1
You came through the door
Like sunshine in motion (shine on)
Everybody turned
When you stepped in the glow (there she go)
I was on the wall
Trying to play it easy (real cool)
But that rhythm in your hips
Said, “Boy, let’s go” (let’s go)
Your smile hit the room
Like a Saturday feeling (feel good)
Your dress caught the light
While the bassline was dealing (come on)
I slid off the wall
Put my hand out slow (take my hand)
You said, “Can you keep up?”
I said, “Baby, I know” (I know)
Pre-Chorus
Don’t need no invitation (no invitation)
When the feeling gets hot (gets hot)
Take my hand, pretty baby (take my hand)
I know what time it is now (what time?)
Chorus
I hear that second hand ticking (tick-tock)
And that bass guitar kicking (kick it)
It’s rhythm o’clock
It’s rhythm o’clock
The horns start talking (talk to me)
And the whole floor rocking (rocking)
It’s rhythm o’clock
Baby, don’t you stop (don’t stop)
Verse 2
Slide to the left
Then you bring it right back (right back)
You got the kind of groove
That can make a man stay (all night)
Lights on your shoulders
Smile full of trouble (trouble)
You don’t have to speak
You can dance it that way (dance it)
Your heels keep time
With the snap of the snare (right on time)
And every little turn
Put a spark in the air (spark it up)
Now the room feels warm
Like the middle of June (so warm)
And we’re moving so close
Like the world left the room (just us)
Pre-Chorus
Don’t need no invitation (no invitation)
When the feeling gets hot (gets hot)
Take my hand, pretty baby (take my hand)
I know what time it is now (what time?)
Chorus
I hear that second hand ticking (tick-tock)
And that bass guitar kicking (kick it)
It’s rhythm o’clock
It’s rhythm o’clock
The horns start talking (talk to me)
And the whole floor rocking (rocking)
It’s rhythm o’clock
Baby, don’t you stop (don’t stop)
Bridge
Everybody clap your hands (clap your hands)
Let the night get loose (get loose)
Love is in the rhythm
And the rhythm’s in you (in you)
Step into the circle (step in)
Let your worries drop (let ’em drop)
When the band hit that pocket
It’s rhythm o’clock (right on time)
Instrumental Break
[8-bar instrumental break]
Final Chorus / Vamp
I hear that second hand ticking (tick-tock)
And that bass guitar kicking (kick it)
It’s rhythm o’clock
It’s rhythm o’clock
The horns start talking (talk to me)
And the whole floor rocking (rocking)
It’s rhythm o’clock
Baby, don’t you stop (don’t stop)
It’s rhythm o’clock (rhythm)
Move it, baby (move it)
It’s rhythm o’clock (right on time)
Don’t you stop (don’t stop)
It’s rhythm o’clock (rhythm)
Feel that bassline (feel it)
It’s rhythm o’clock
Right on time (right on time)
RDEYSG
