Six long hours just a-sittin' in school
The complicated books make me feel like a fool
Chickens in a coup make a man wanna shout
Bell starts ringin' and school turns out
And then you scream, come here my queen
We're gonna run, have some fun
And everybody knows when you start to rock
That life begins at four o'clock

Sip two straws with a soda in between
Clappin' your hands to the record machine
Chicken coup now seems a million miles away
And nobody heard what the teacher had to say
And then you scream, come here my queen
We're gonna dance, make romance
And everybody knows when you start to rock
That life begins at four o'clock

Dancin' with your queen till you run out of breath
Lookin' at your watch scares a man half to death
Run your baby home, barely make it in time
Four o'clock tomorrow already on your mind
And then you scream, come here my queen
We're gonna run, have some fun
'Cause everybody knows when you start to rock
That life begins at four o'clock

Dancin' with your queen till you run out of breath
Lookin' at your watch scares a man half to death
Run your baby home, barely make it in time
Four o'clock tomorrow already on your mind
And then you scream, come here my queen
We're gonna run, have some fun
'Cause everybody knows when you start to rock
That life begins at four o'clock

Also recorded by Tooter Boatman and Huelyn Duvall